An Analysis of the Factors Affecting the Development of Entrepreneurship in Urban Areas Emphasizing on Sport Tourism

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mehdi savadi ¹

1 - Assistant Professor and Faculty Member of Islamic Azad University,

Received: 2019-07-14 Accepted : 2020-11-03 Published : 2021-01-20

Keywords: "entrepreneurship", Key words: development", " tourism", "recreation", "sports",

Abstract :

Abstract
Entrepreneurship is the process of creating and achieving opportunities and pursuing them regardless of the resources that are currently available.
Sport recreational tourism provides the necessary ground for entrepreneurship development by creating demand for services and sporting goods and creating attractiveness for communities. Sport recreational tourism has become world-class socio-economic phenomenon beyond industry, and entrepreneurship helps develop macro-urban development through the creation of sports business and the provision of recreational tourism services. The present study addresses the development and development of entrepreneurship with an emphasis on sport recreational tourism in the context of urban management. In terms of purpose, this is an applied and developmental research and descriptive-analytic in terms of methodology. A questionnaire was used to collect information. For assessing the validity of the questionnaire, face validity and content were used, as well. The statistical population of the study consisted of managers and administrators of the General Directorate for Sports and Youth, administrators and administrators of the Cultural Heritage and Handicrafts and Tourism, Investors in Sports and Sports Entrepreneurship, Ph.D Students in Sport Management and Entrepreneurship Management. The results of the research showed that 10 of the political and governmental indicators and 10 environmental and physical indicators of entrepreneurship in the development of sport tourism ranked six indicators of significance level, and on the other hand, 10 indicators of economic and social indicators showed 3 significant levels, and six indices of cultural and native entrepreneurship in the development of sport tourism have 1 significant level indicator.
Key words: development, entrepreneurship, recreational tourism

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