Feasibility of Developing Sport Ecotourism in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Case Study: Rowing in Rushing Waters)

Ghafouri, Farzad; Shahlaee Bagheri, Javad; Zafari, Sina; Raisi, Payam

doi:10.22124/jsmd.2024.27175.2885

Document Type : Research Paper I Open Access I Released under (CC BY-NC 4.0) license

Authors

¹ Associate Professor of Sport Management, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

² M.A in Sport Management, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22124/jsmd.2024.27175.2885

Abstract

Objective: The main purpose of the research was to determine the feasibility of developing sports ecotourism (boating on rushing waters) in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province.
Methodology: This research was applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of type. In the qualitative phase of the research, the researchers conducted semi-structured interviews with 15 experts using the snowball method. In the quantitative phase of the research, 370 active sports tourists, tour managers, watershed management organizations, and tourism management participated and were selected from the entire statistical population using the whole-number sampling method. In order to collect quantitative research data, a researcher-made questionnaire was used in the limiting, attracting, infrastructural, and driving dimensions, and was analyzed using SPSS and PLS software for descriptive and inferential statistics.
Findings: The results of the research in the factor analysis model showed that all factors (drivers, attractors, and infrastructure) have the greatest impact on the development of sports tourism compared to the factor that can. And they had the right factor load; Meanwhile, the limiting factor affects the feasibility of sports tourism development and has been chosen correctly. In general, the average of these factors (drivers, attractors, infrastructure, and constraints) on the feasibility of sports tourism development is significantly higher than the test average, and their relationship with the feasibility variable was confirmed.
Conclusion: Therefore, managers and the Youth Sport Department should create appropriate conditions for the increasing development of boating in the turbulent waters of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari by organizing conferences, equipping accommodation facilities, and employing committed human resources.

Keywords

Main Subjects

Sport Management and Development

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Feasibility of Developing Sport Ecotourism in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Case Study: Rowing in Rushing Waters)

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Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 49Spring - 49March 2027Pages 171-190

Volume 16, Issue 1 - Serial Number 49
Spring - 49
March 2027
Pages 171-190