Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Sports management training group
2 Allameh Tabatabai University
Abstract
Purpose: The main purpose of the research is to determine the feasibility of developing sports tourism (river boating) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose, in terms of descriptive-analytical strategy. The statistical population of the research included all knowledgeable elites, experts and university professors, and due to the limited statistical population, the sample number was used as a census from the entire statistical population. In this study, a researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect research data. In order to analyze the data, SPSS and PLS software were used for descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings: At the significance level of 0.05, the results showed a statistically significant difference between the theoretical and experimental average of driving, attracting, limiting and infrastructural factors, and the desired factors were in favorable conditions. Conclusion: In general, it can be said that these factors play a significant role in the development of sports tourism (river boating) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in the current situation, which makes it possible to attract sports tourists to Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province. Therefore, the sports and youth department should help the increasing development of whitewater boating in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province by reducing the limiting factors and by using the driving, attracting and infrastructural factors and creating suitable platforms.
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