Mohammad Deheshti; Javad Adabi Firouzjah; Mehdi ‎Fattahzadeh Fashkhami
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This study was conducted with the aim at investigating the sustainability of sport tourism in Guilan province from the perspective of sport tourists and the host community. The statistical population was all local residents and sport tourists who had traveled to Guilan province (cities of Fooman, Shaft, ...
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This study was conducted with the aim at investigating the sustainability of sport tourism in Guilan province from the perspective of sport tourists and the host community. The statistical population was all local residents and sport tourists who had traveled to Guilan province (cities of Fooman, Shaft, Lahijan, Talesh). 400 questionnaires were distributed and finally 392 questionnaires were completed. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data and radar models (AMOEBA) and Prescott-Allen barometer of sustainability were used to measure sustainability. The results showed that the level of sustainability of sport tourism in Guilan province in general in terms of the host community and sport tourists in all three components of sustainable development including economic (0.512), social, cultural (0.448) and environmental (0.449), is in the mode of "moderate sustainability" and is far from reaching the state of "sustainability". From the point of view of the host community, the economic dimension (0.493), the socio-cultural dimension (0.434) have moderate sustainability and the environmental dimension (0.386) is unsustainable. In terms of sport tourists, the economic dimension (0.532), socio-cultural dimension (0.463) and environmental dimension (0.513) have moderate sustainability. It is suggested that the officials have practical plans in order for the host community to enjoy the benefits of sport tourism, as well as to protect the natural environment.
Mohammad Deheshti; Javad Adabi Firoozjah
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Growing interest in social media marketing in the sports industry, especially among sports entertainment complexes, has led to this research to identify the characteristics of social media marketing activities, and check out the relationship between the theory of the Use & Satisfaction, purchase ...
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Growing interest in social media marketing in the sports industry, especially among sports entertainment complexes, has led to this research to identify the characteristics of social media marketing activities, and check out the relationship between the theory of the Use & Satisfaction, purchase intention and loyalty through a structural equation model. To collect data, a questionnaire was distributed online and physically among the 393 customers of sports amusement complexes of Hamedan. In terms of purpose, this research is an applied one and in terms of gathering its data, this research includes a descriptive-survey method. The instrument of the present study was a questionnaire. In this research, descriptive statistics methods including central tendencies and dispersion indices and inferential statistics methods including Pearson correlation, structural equations were used at the alpha level of 0/05. Spss.20 and Amos.18 software was used for data analysis and Amos software was used for structural equation modeling. The results indicate that there are significant relationships between "use and gratification components" and satisfaction. Also, significant relationships between satisfaction of purchase intention and loyalty and also purchasing intention and customer loyalty were reported respectively. and purchasing intention and customer loyalty has a significant relationship too. It seems that the approach of use and gratification can be used effectively in measuring customer satisfaction as well as the intention to purchase and loyalty of sports centers.