Challenges and inhibiting factors of sports tourism in Iran
Poster Presentation
Paper ID : 1476-SSRC
Authors
1دانشیار مدیریت ورزشی دانشگاه علامه طباطبائی
2دانشگاه علامه طباطبایی
Abstract
The development of sports tourism is one of the important factors in the economic and social development of countries, it is very important. The aim of this study, it is to identify the challenges and obstacles and the factors preventing sports tourism in Iran. research method in terms of practical purpose and in terms of strategy, Qualitative is a multi-method. The implementation path in the first part was documentary and in the second part was interview. Data analysis in the documentary section using document content analysis and in the interview section, it was a thematic analysis. The research community in the documentary section included all the researches conducted focusing on the challenges and obstacles of sports tourism in Iran. In the interview section, the participants included sports management specialists - tourism specialists - geography specialists - managers and leaders of tourism tours and sports tourists who were selected purposefully. The interview started with 9 main experts and experts and continued until the theoretical saturation was reached and finally 13 people were interviewed. Data collection tools in the documentation department, there were slips and coding sheets and in the interview section, the questions were open, paper, pen and audio recorder. To analyze the data, the thematic analysis method was used using Max Kyuda software. The results showed that the factors related to the challenges and inhibiting factors of sports tourism in Iran include four factors: structural problems, managerial problems, cultural problems, and the personal problems of the tourists themselves. Therefore, suitable strategies are recommended to remove the obstacles and factors preventing sports tourism in order to facilitate the development of sports tourism in Iran, to be determined.
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