Document Type : Research Paper
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1 Allameh tabataba'i university
2 . Allameh Tabataba'i university
3 Allameh Tabataba'i University
4 ATU
Abstract
Sports and tourism have common goals, which include motivating and encouraging people to have fun and fresh activities to get rid of the stresses of daily life. One of the special groups to achieve the common goals of sports and tourism for the elderly. The aim of this study was developing a model for the sports tourism for the elderly in Iran. The participants included 15 university experts, sports and tourism managers who were selected purposefully. In the second step and library studies, resources with the keywords of tourism, sports management and the elderly were examined. At first, using the grounded theory method, data analysis and categories were identified. Analysis and data and category identifiers were done in three stages of open, central and selective coding, and 22 main categories were identified which included generated income, development and improvement of infrastructure, work, friends, justice, cultural development, recreation, elderly sports tourism, well-being, axial sports, foresight and goal setting, recognition, pragmatism, networking, decentralization, technology and modern science, experience, comprehensiveness, specialization, rules and regulations, advertising and, competition and identification that were presented in a systematic model format In this regard, the use of appropriate strategies in the development and cultivation of sports tourism for the elderly in the field of infrastructure development, educational development and human resources development should be on the agenda of the relevant authorities.
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