Factors of sustainable development of sports Tourism: identifying barriers and outlines

ABSTRACT: Exercise is one of the most motivating factor for tourists. The purpose of this study the researcher identified the natural attractions of sport tourism Tehran and barriers affecting sustainable development of tourism in the province and provide a solution. This research is a descriptive-analytic study. All Physical Education office of Tehranʹs population, experts, professionals and executives managing cultural heritage and tourism travel and tourism and sports committee of experts formed of these, 150 subjects were randomly selected. Questionnaire designed by the researchers to collect data from five value scale Lykert (very high to very low) to 38 questions using. Results showed that the sports tourism attractions and barriers affecting the alpha level of 0/05 of a statistically significant difference exists between the factors in order of priority of mountaineering and caving attractions related to the forest and hunting and fishing, and the barriers to effective management of problems related to tourism development, infrastructure and cultural awareness groups.