Feasibility Study of Existing Investment Opportunities with a focus on the Development of Communications, Special Interests & Diversification of Winter Tourism Services

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Prof. in Sports Management, Mohaghegh Ardabili University, Ardabil, Iran

2 Ph.D. student in Sports Management, Kharazmi University, Tehran

3 Department of Sports Management, Marivan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Marivan, Iran

Abstract

The purpose of this article was to evaluate the feasibility of existing investment opportunities with a focus on the development of communications with special interests & diversification of winter tourism services in Ardabil province. The method of this research was descriptive-analytical & applied in terms of feasibility; The statistical population of this study consists of all sports & non-sports tourists who have traveled to this region at least once in the period, as well as experts in the field of tourism & sports in Ardabil province. The statistical sample of the research was obtained using Morgan table of 380 people which was used using random sampling method & the questionnaire was randomly distributed among tourists. The data collection method used in the present study was field libraries & the data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire. In order to determine the validity of the questionnaire, the opinions of professors & experts in the field of tourism & sports are used & to determine the finality of the questionnaire, the Cronbach-Bach coefficient was used. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.89. Friedman & Structural Equation Model were analyzed statistically. & the awareness of the people of the neighboring areas "have the lowest average (3.27). According to the average rankings, it can be said that the greatest impact on the index" Proximity to the borders of Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey & the Caucasus "with the average rank (11.58). Be. The results of fitting the model show that due to the significant value (P-Value) the effect of investment opportunities for winter tourism development at the error level of 0.05 is significant.

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  • Receive Date: 06 March 2021
  • Accept Date: 11 March 2021

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