Shahrood sport tourism planning using SWOT technique with emphasis on natural attractions

Subject Areas : Geography and tourism planning, geography and urban planning, urban planning, architecture, geography and rural planning, political geography

Seyed Mostafa Tayebi Sani ¹ , Hooman Bahmanpour ² , Seyed Hamed Mirkazemi ³ , Afsaneh Rohany ⁴

1 - Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Human Science, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
2 - Department of Environment, Faculty of Engineering, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
3 - M.Sc. Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Human Science, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran
4 - PhD sport management, Shahrood Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrood, Iran

Received: 2018-09-22 Accepted : 2018-09-22 Published : 2018-09-01

Keywords: Ecotourism, Sport Tourism, Environmental Attractions, Sport management, Desert running,

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