Today the tourism industry has a significant place in each country’s economy in a way that it is considered the third beneficial industry in the new era after oil and car industry along with being an important activity to make revenue and consistent developing around the world. Meanwhile, urban residences are facing problems such as: immigrating from villages, poverty, low level of employment and productivity in industry and agricultural sections, loss or lack of service and welfare infrastructure, and unemployment and low income, while a remarkable number of urban residence, with respect to that of location and other important elements in attracting tourists especially with regards to religious tourism, have a great potential. This study, concerned with exploring the role of religious tourism in consistent civil development, is carried out in a descriptive-analysis style. The statistical population of this study are Mashhad citizens, 14920 people, from which 374 people were chosen by Cochran formula as the sample. The statistical data of this study is confirmed by a researcher made questionnaire where its narrative has been approved by university teachers and its reliability using Cronbach alpha at 0.87. The process of statistical calculations of this study has been carried out based on regression analysis. For this purpose, the economic, socio-cultural and environmental effectiveness in Mashhad tourism development has been examined. The results have shown that religious tourism affect socio-cultural, environmental and economic development.