Investigating role of infrastructures of Arasbaran area in the development of sports tourism

Tourism is an important industry in almost every region of the planet. It touches the lives of most of the world’s population, employing numerous workers and contributing considerable percent of the global GDP. Tourism has long been identified as a powerful tool for development, spurring economic growth, increasing foreign exchange, smallholder investment, and local employment. As increasing the importance of developing the tourism sector to facilitate the achievement of economic development, attention to different attractions of tourism such as sports tourism has increased in recent decades. Sport tourism as main part of tourism sector has attracted growing concern from in relation to multiple aspects, such as sustainable development and diversification of the national economy. To address these concerns, it is necessary to investigate planning for sport tourism development. It is widely acknowledged that planning is crucial to successful sport tourism development and management; and planning has been a widely adopted principle in sport tourism development at both regional and national. As such, experts suggest strategic planning can be considered in the planning process; and a strategic plan be practically made for this purpose. Current research aimed to investigate the role of role of infrastructures of Arasbaran area, East-Azerbaijan in the development of sports tourism and formulate appropriate strategies for improvement and greater use of the region''''s tourist attractions.