Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran
3 Assistant Professor, Department of Sport Management, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Sports tourism is one of the most attractive types of tourism that occurs in different regions and countries. This
tourism type is effective in economic fields and extremely significant in cultural and sportsmanship contexts.
To this end, the current research aimed to identify and explain the effective components of sport tourism in the
sublimity of culture and sportsmanship, conducted through a mixed method. This research approach was
sequential exploratory in two qualitative-quantitative phases, in which “thematic analysis” and “survey”
methods were used, respectively. The first phase’s statistical population included experts in sport tourism, sport
management, culture management, and sportsmanship, with 14 individuals participating in semi-structured
interviews using a purposive sampling method. After determining the effective actors in this field, 32 experts
responded to questionnaires using a systematic sampling method in the study’s second phase. According to the
research findings of the first phase, the themes extracted from the semi-structured interviews comprised 39
fundamental themes, 15 organizing themes, and four global themes. Per the second phase of the study’s
findings, all themes were approved by the experts, all determinants of the role of sport tourism in the sublimity
of sports culture and sportsmanship. As a result, sports tourism, while creating macroeconomic benefits for
residents and visitors, significantly contributes to the sublimity of sports culture and sportsmanship, where this
category can strengthen the value and ethical attitudes in addition to creating recreational experiences
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