چکیده (انگلیسی):

The sport tourism is most important and most developed sector of tourism industry. The first step for
development of this white industry is analyzing the potentials and capabilities. The present study has prioritized
the sport tourism potentials of the Hormozgan Province. To achieve this purpose, a population of 150 people
including tourism agencies experts (n = 50), sports experts (n=50) and sport tourists (n=50) were studied based on
a five-choice Likert scale (very small= 1 to very much= 5). Accordingly, six dimensions of potentials with 22 subscales were examined using a researcher-made questionnaire. The validity and reliability of the questionnaire
were confirmed by experts and Cronbach's alpha (α=0.81), respectively. According to the results of factor analysis,
79% of the subjects believed that beach and aqua sports (boating, swimming, diving and scuba diving, beach
volleyball and futsal and surfing) have the capability of sport tourism development in the Hormozgan Province.
Also, 77% of respondents believed that that desert trekking sport (motorcycle, car and truck rallies and camel
riding) have the capability of sport tourism development considering the semi-arid climate of the Hormozgan
Province. The results showed that the traditional sport of camel riding as major sport attractions has a high
potential for the development of the sport tourism in Hormozgan Province.