Document Type : Original Article
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Department of Sports Management, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili , Ardabil, Iran.
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Professor of sport Management .university of mohagheghe ardebili .Ardabil.Iran
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Associate Professor of Sports Management, Faculty of Sports Sciences, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan), Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran.
10.22034/sms.2025.142292.1413
Abstract
Adventure sports tourism, as an important part of sports tourism that has attracted the attention of the general public, is sports activities that are not only effective in the development of physical factors, but also have a social function. There are not many comprehensive and practical researches related to adventure sports tourism. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to develop a professional adventure sports tourism development model. The current study was conducted qualitatively and by choosing a constructivist approach from the database strategy. The data of this research, which had an exploratory-fundamental nature, was collected through targeted sampling with the snowball technique and based on in-depth semi-structured interviews with 19 sports management experts familiar with the topic of professional adventure sports tourism. After the implementation of the interviews, 1352 main words were identified, which after aggregating into 111 central codes and finally in the process of theoretical coding in 16 sub-categories and finally in 11 main categories of key stakeholders, foundational factors, strategic requirements, background factors E, surprises, drivers, uncertainties, objectives, key players, strategies and possible consequences of adventure sports tourism were categorized. In general, the increase in attention to adventure sports tourism focuses on important consequences, including the improvement of various conditions of the local community, the promotion of up-to-date knowledge and the improvement of the level of health and social vitality, the increase in the productivity of people at the workplace of tourists by entering tourism and creating vitality and it will include a connection for people through adventure tourism.
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