To Identify the Effective Factors of Managing the Development of Sports Tourism with the Approach of Beach Sports in Hormozgan Province

Subject Areas : Sport Sciences Quarterly

firoozeh rezaei ¹ , hamidreza saybani ² , mehdi savadi ³

1 - دانشجوی دکتری، رشته مدیریت ورزشی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد قشم، قشم، هرمزگان، ایران
2 - استادیار مدیریت ورزشی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد قشم، قشم، هرمزگان، ایران
3 - استادیار مدیریت ورزشی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، واحد قشم، قشم، هرمزگان، ایران

Accepted : 2000-01-01 Published : 2000-01-01

Keywords: elite sport policy, Badminton, Fuzzy Delph,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to identify the effective factors of managing the development of the sports tourism with the approach of beach sports in Hormozgan province. To achieve this approach, first the criteria and sub-criteria affecting the development of beach sports tourism through interviews with experts identified and a questionnaire based on 6 criteria and 60 sub-criteria was developed. Population of this study was 100000 sports tourists. Based on Morgan table, the questionnaire distributed among 387 available sports tourists. The reliability of the questionnaire was confirmed by Cronbach's alpha test and its validity was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. The normality of the variables was evaluated by Kolmogorov-Smirnov test and their correlation with Spearman correlation coefficient. Next, Friedman test was used to rank the effect of the main criteria for developing beach sports tourism and t-test was used to compare the main factors’ mean. Friedman test showed that the criteria of 1) economic-marketing, 2) infrastructure, 3) public relations and advertising, 4) socio-cultural, 5) political-security and 6) managerial have the greatest importance in development of the beach sports tourism in Hormozgan province respectively. Thus, encouraging and supporting private investors, creating infrastructure, and improving quality services and marketing of beach sports has a major role in achieving economic-sports development of Hormozgan coast. The results also showed all 6 main factors’ mean were more than average number 3) sig=0.05).      

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References

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• Barrowclough, D. (2007). Foreign investment in tourism and small island developing states. Tourism Economics, 13(4), 615-638.


• Cho, H., Joo, D., & Woosnam, K. M. (2020). Cross-cultural validation of the nostalgia scale for sport tourism (NSST): a multilevel approach. Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 44(4), 624-643.


• Conti, G., & Perelli, C. (2007). Governing tourism monoculture: Mediterranean mass tourism destinations and governance networks. Tourism and Politics. Global Frameworks and Local Realities, Amsterdam, Elsevier, 235-261.


• El Silisna, B., & Susanti, R. Sport Tourism Event of Tour De Singkarak to Support Destination Management in West Sumatera, Indonesia.


• Friedrich, J., Stahl, J., Fitchett, J. M., & Hoogendoorn, G. (2020). To beach or not to beach? Socio-economic factors influencing beach tourists’ perceptions of climate and weather in South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 1-9.


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• Hasan, M. K., Abdullah, S. K., Lew, T. Y., & Islam, M. F. (2019). Determining factors of tourists’ loyalty to beach tourism destinations: a structural model. Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics.


• Herman, G. V., Grama, V., & Stupariu, I. M. (2016). The international organisation between globalization and regionalization. Case study: World Tourism Organization. Revista Română de Geografie Politică, 28(2), 49-59.


• Higham, J. (2018). Sport tourism development. Channel view publications.


• Kim, W., Jun, H. M., Walker, M., & Drane, D. (2015). Evaluating the perceived social impacts of hosting large-scale sport tourism events: Scale development and validation. Tourism management, 48, 21-32.


• Lim, C. C., & Patterson, I. (2008). Sport tourism on the islands: The impact of an international mega golf event. Journal of Sport & Tourism, 13(2), 115-133.


• Phillip, R., & Hodgkinson, G. (1994). The management of health and safety hazards in tourist resorts. World Tourism Organization. International journal of occupational medicine and environmental health, 7(3), 207-219.


• Rahman, N. S. F. A., Bazaruddin, N. H., Faizal, S., Shah, S. S. J., Said, M. H., & Khairuddin, M. (2020). The Sustainability of Nautical Sports Tourism in Terengganu Using A Cost Benefit Analysis. Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 15(1), 148-161.


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• Tekin, Ö. F. (2019). Development and Sustainability of River Tourism in Turkey: The Case of Antalya. Hitit Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 12(1), 19-32.


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• Yang, J. J., Lo, H. W., Chao, C. S., Shen, C. C., & Yang, C. C. (2020). Establishing a Sustainable Sports Tourism Evaluation Framework with a Hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Model to Explore Potential Sports Tourism Attractions in Taiwan. Sustainability, 12(4), 1673.