Investigating the Mediating Role of Institutional Factors in the Impact of Social, Economic, and Environmental Factors on Development of Sports Tourism in the Maku Free Zone (Iran)

• Main Authors: Sajad Pashaeii, Fariba Askarian, Abdolreza Roz afzon
• Format: Article
• Language: fas
• Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2019-04-01
• Series: Muṭāli̒āt-i Mudīriyyat-i Gardishgarī
• Subjects: social factors economic factors environmental factors institutional factors sport tourism
• Online Access: http://tms.atu.ac.ir/article_9708_2eb1c20562c0f6e7785d45e241ae8d93.pdf

The purpose of this study was, structural modeling to explain the mediating role of institutional factors affecting participation of local community in Sports tourism development planning Maku Free Zone (Iran). The population of this sport tourist’s free trade zone and industrial research Maku in 2016 years. The present study was descriptive, is the correlation type survey. A questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity and reliability questionnaires were well within acceptable limits. The results of hypotheses testing can be used by software AMOS23 respectively and using the path (B). Research results show that, had a significant influence all of the participation of the local community (economic / social / environmental / institutional), on the development of sports tourism among which social factors with the greatest impact on the overall effect of 55%,