Ranking the employment share of factors of sports tourism industry development

The purpose of this study was ranking the employment share of sports tourism development from the perspective Experts and researchers. The method of this study was descriptive survey with the practical purpose. The statistical population was include all persons who had at least one book or two scientific papers in areas related to employment and tourism and Administrative experts in the field of employment and tourism, with at least a bachelor's degree, who are at least 10 years of experience. Samples were selected through stratified random sampling and The statistical population included of 1,000 researchers and 1,600 of experts that 334samples were calculated and selected. The measurement tool in this research was researcher- designed questioner. The final questionnaire's face validity was approved by experts. To determine the content validity were used exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. Cronbach s Alfa coefficient was calculated 0/90. For data analysis, were used of descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage and mean) and inferential statistics (Friedman test, Mann-Whitney U) at a significance level of 0/05. The results showed that each factors of the sports tourism development such as transport, accommodation, economic factor and sport tournaments have a important role in creating jobs. Then development of sport tourism industry can be considered by senior executives to help as unemployment problem.