Designing an effective model on the development of adventure sports tourism in the northwest of the country

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 اردبیل سیزده آبان پلا 37

2 professor of sport manag ment in Mohagheghe ardebili university

3 Faculty of Islamic Azad University of Mashhad

10.22098/rsmm.2023.11988.1183

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of the current research is to design a model of the factors affecting the development of adventure sports tourism in the northwest of the country. Objectives: The statistical population of the research was experts related to the research topic, who were university professors, cultural heritage field, sports and youth managers, and managers of tourism service agencies in the northwest of the country.

Methods: In the qualitative section, which was conducted through a Delphi interview with 16 of the participants of the research subject, and in terms of data collection, the field library method was implemented, and the measuring instrument was a researcher-made questionnaire that was cross-section ally used in the northwest of the country among the community. Statistics were distributed and descriptive survey statistics of correlation were used for data analysis to determine the importance of each variable

Results: The results showed that nature tourism has the highest priority to attract the development of adventure sports tourism, and people who have doctorate degrees and academic staff are more in favor of nature tourism, and water attractions also have the highest priority due to diversity. He assigned more than he has and by using the process of factor analysis, the priority of each of them was determined.

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