Feasibility study of Functional link between Ecotourism and Sport Tourism in Iran Case Study (Kurdistan Province)

This study aims to investigate feasibility of ecotourism and sports tourism in Kurdistan. The material of this study is a descriptive survey and based on objective is of applicable. The research population comprising: sport expert agencies and cultural heritage and tourism office of Kurdistan، that 48 subjects worked with researchers. The assessment tool is a questionnaire. The reliabilitycoefficient of questionnaire is obtained 0. 87 that is desired and acceptable. The result of study show that Nesar’s mountains protected area of Bijar، Qezel- uzan river، Ghamchaghi castle (Salavat Abad village). are respectively priority of Bijar’s ecotourism، and Zariwar lake، Awraman village، the forests of Marivan، Piazhe’s mountains and Mianeh are respectively priority of Marivan’s ecotourism، the result of the factor analysis show that Zariwar lake in Marivan and Nesar mountains and protected areas of Bijar have the highest power in sport tourism، that were identified by the order of load factor with power of Boating (0. 89)، ski (0. 84)، water skiing (0. 81)، walking to the mountain (0. 701) and hiking 0. 78). According To results of this study، we suggest that with investment in making the sport‘s places with a full complement of safety، especially equipped the installations and holding of National and international sports competitions in ski، walking to the mountain، hiking، water skiing and boating can be effective step to attract tourists to this area.