Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 PhD student, Department of Sports Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Sports Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
3 Associate Professor, Department of Sports Management, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Polo tourism has a special and importance place in the world and so far the countries with technical knowledge of this sport have made successful efforts in this field by presenting various exciting programs and ceremonies and providing tourist packages for tourists who love this sport. The present study seeks to investigate the tourism capacity of polo and its obstacles and problems. As there is no comprehensive research in this regard and knowledge of authors are limited, grounded theory was used in this qualitative study. The statistical population includes all people related to the sport of polo in Iran. The purposive sampling method was used and finally 20 members of the statistical population were interviewed. Using the results of semi-structured interviews during the coding stage and also inspired by the theoretical and experimental literature of the subject, the identified codes are classified into 8 categories: sports, individual, historical and tourism, natural attraction, managerial, financial, political and international relations; and socio-cultural. The most important identified capacities are historical tourism, natural tourism, cultural tourism and human. Obstacles and problems of polo sport are aslo identified in five categories as sport, educational, managerial, political and international relations, and socio-cultural.
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