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REVIEWING THE SPORT TOURISM, PUSH AND PULL FACTORS IN ZANJAN PROVINCE, IRAN

Asghar Mohammadi, Mozhgan Jazaei

Volume: 6 Issue: 3 2016

Abstract:

Tourism is one of the important factors in the economy of the countries. Sport and physical activities are considered as the important issues on tourist’s attraction. Today, the sport tourism is considered as a new kind of tourism. Culture plays an important role in improving health and economic conditions. Therefore, recognizing the potential of sports tourism considered as one of the priorities of national and international tourism industry. It is important for Zanjan, Iran which has the potential of tourism for the Zanjan province's sport to attract more tourists. In this descriptive cross-sectional study using books and documents related to attempts to introduce tourism potential, sport attraction and push factors for the development of sports tourism industry in Zanjan province, Iran for planning and further investment in this field. To identify the potential of sports tourism, tourists and sports lovers of proper planning can be attracted to the region and control its favorable impact on the economic, cultural and health of our province. The results revealed that Zanjan, Iran has a good potential in the field of sport tourism like maintaining, caving, ecotourism, rock climbing, and snow trekking, climbing and riding.

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