Identifying of barriers to the development of natural sports in Ardabil province

Document Type : Practical

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1 Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology

2 Assistant Professor of Sport Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

3 Associate Professor of Sport Management, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili

10.30473/arsm.2026.72472.3921

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify barriers to the development of natural sports in Ardabil province.This study was conducted in a qualitative approach using phenomenological method. The statistical population consists of all specialists and athletes of natural sports and tourism and managers and leaders of nature tourism tours in Ardabil province. Using purposive sampling method and until the theoretical saturation was reached, 16 participants were selected. Participants were people from the research community who had the most knowledge and experience about the research topic. The research tool was a semi-structured interview. The interviews were recorded with the assurance of confidentiality and then implemented and coded using MAXQDA20 software.According to the research methodological process, initially, from the initial data, the relevant codes were identified and 102 open codes were obtained. In the next step, the identified codes were categorized and combined based on the degree of conceptual similarity and extracted in the form of nine main obstacles to the development of natural sports in Ardabil province. The results obtained Obstacles to the development of natural sports in Ardabil province include economic, organizational, cultural, environmental, infrastructural, social, safety, individual and legal obstacles in order of importance.

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  • Receive Date: 13 October 2024
  • Revise Date: 23 February 2025
  • Accept Date: 07 February 2026

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