Abstract:Traveller's wishes, needs and expectations keep changing constantly as destinations vie with each other to increase their share from the international tourism pie. Destinations need to offer qualified service and renew themselves continuously. In this context, tour guides as key representatives of destinations play a significant role on tourist satisfaction and re-visit intention. This research aims to ascertain the role played by tour guides on the satisfaction level of tourists participating in guided tours in Istanbul. Another aim of this research is to determine the impact level of tour guides on the possible re-visit intention of tourists to the same destination. Based on 530 completed surveys from international tourists, the findings revealed a significant relationship between tourist satisfaction, re-visiting intention and tour guiding service. Following the evaluation of the findings, recommendations were developed for the tourism industry.
The concept of sustainability has become one of the most popular topics of tourism studies. Sustainable tourism emerged as a strong stream of tourism research based on the stance that tourism industry has responsibility for degradation of natural and cultural environments. Additionally, tourism industry consumes local resources and has to pay its attention on conservation issues. Tour guides are part of tourist experience in destinations and they have a strong influence on tourist behavior. In this study, the potential support of tour guides conducting excursions to Ephesus Ancient City located at Western Anatolia nearby Izmir metropolitan city is questioned for sustainable heritage valorization process. Ephesus is regarded as one of the great outdoor museums of Turkey, once the trade center of the ancient world, a religious center of the early Christianity and today an important tourism center deserves to be questioned through cultural heritage valorization concept. Role of tour guides in minimizing negative impacts of tourist traffic is rarely perceived and applied as a support to heritage site managers. This research seeks to reflect primary data obtained through qualitative data collection techniques (semi-structured interview) from Turkish tour guides surveyed at Ephesus Ancient City. Following the evaluation of findings, recommendations will be developed for tourism industry and cultural heritage site managers.
ÖzTurizm sektöründe son yıllarda görülen önemli gelişmelerden biri de sürdürülebilir yaşam ve sürdürülebilir turizm kavramıdır. Sürdürülebilirlik anlayışını benimseyen her şehir kaynaklarını verimli bir şekilde uzun süre kullanabilmekte, gelecek nesillere aktarabilmekte ve doğrudan yaşam kalitesini yükselterek yaşam doyumuna ulaşabilmektedir. Bu kapsamda yeni gelişen bir kavram olan yavaş şehirlerde yaşayan insanların yaşamlarından doyum sağlayacakları ve yaşam kalitelerinin artacağı söylenebilir. Bu doğrultuda daha yerelde bulunan bölgeler yavaş şehir statüsüne erişebilmek için aday olmaktadır. Erzurum-Uzundere ilçesi 2015 yılında yavaş şehir statüsü kazanabilmek için, adaylık kriterlerini göz önünde bulundurarak adaylık sürecine dâhil olmuştur. Bu bağlamda, bu araştırma, Erzurum-Uzundere ilçesinde yaşayan halkın yavaş şehir hareketine ilişkin tutum ve algılarını belirlemeyi ve Uzundere ilçesi yavaş şehir olma statüsünü kazanırsa yerel halkın yaşam kalitesinde bir değişiklik olup olmayacağını tespit etmeyi amaçlamaktadır.Anahtar Kelimeler: Yavaş Şehir, Yaşam Doyumu, Uzundere, Erzurum. AbstractThe concepts of sustainable life and sustainable tourism are one of the most important developments in tourism industry recently. Any city adapting the understanding of sustainable tourism can use its resources efficiently in the long-term, transfer them to next generations and acquire life satisfaction by increasing the quality of life. In this context, it can be stated that local people living in Cittaslow cities will have satisfaction on their life and the quality of their life will increase. Therefore, more locally regions/cities stand as candidate to have the status of Cittaslow. Erzurum-Uzundere has been included in the nomination process in 2015 to have the status of Cittaslow by considering the nomination criteria. In this sense, this research aims to find out the attitudes and perceptions of local people on Cittaslow. Besides, this research delves into whether there will be any change on the life quality of local people or not on the condition that Erzurum-Uzundere becomes a Cittaslow.
Coğrafi olarak dünyanın en önemli jeotermal kuşaklarından birinde yer alan Türkiye, sahip olduğu doğal termal su kaynakları ve nitelikleri açısından popüler termal turizm destinasyonlarından biri olarak kabul edilmektedir.Türkiye’nin termal turizm potansiyeli içerisinde, Doğu Anadolu Bölgesinde Palandöken Dağı eteklerinde kurulmuş olan Erzurum, tarihî, kültürel ve arkeolojik zenginliklerin yanında termal turizm bakımından da önemli bir potansiyele sahiptir. Bu araştırma, tarihsel süreç içerisinde coğrafi konumunun sağladığı avantajla sürekli yerleşim yeri olarak kullanılan Erzurum’un termal turizm potansiyelinin ortaya çıkarılmasını ve alternatif turizm türü olarak kullanılabilirliğini incelemenin yanında termal turizmin gelişmesini sağlayacak öneriler geliştirmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaçla termal turizm üzerine kavramsal olarak literatür taraması yapılmış ve daha önceki yıllarda yapılmış olan araştırmalar kapsamlı bir şekilde incelenmiştir. Araştırma, Erzurum’un başta Aziziye, Pasinler ve Köprüköy ilçeleri olmak üzere hemen hemen tüm çevresinde hem nitelik hem de nicelik olarak pek çok termal su kaynağına sahip olmasına rağmen bu potansiyelini etkili ve verimli bir şekilde kullanamadığını ortaya çıkarmıştır. Bu bağlamda Erzurum ilinin termal turizm potansiyelini değerlendirerek arzu edilen sonucu elde edebilmesi amacıyla mevcut durum göz önünde bulundurularak bazı öneriler geliştirilmiştir.
The art of music stimulated the power of idea and imagery gradually in the stream of history, and found a unique style in every culture during every age and a way of expression which arose from the needs of that society. Although audio samples of Hellen music did not reach to medieval times, the idea and theory of Hellen music left many deep traces on western culture for centuries. During this period of time, the development of theater and lyrical poetry contributed to the development of music types and musical instruments significantly. In Hellen society, music was regarded as one of the types of art and science. In spite of the fact that there was a possibility for music to be used for the purposes such as; having rest, recreation and entertainment, it played significant and central role on daily and religious lives. Music had a large usage area and was used in nearly all the activities that constituted Hellen society. Particularly; religious ceremonies and theatrical performances in schools etc. In this context, various sources of information related to music were used in different literary and philosophical works. One of the most important reasons why music was quite significant in Hellen society arose from the importance given to music education. This research investigates the place and importance of music education in Hellen society. Teaching music in a right and proper way and providing education of one of the types of musical instrument while teaching prove that the art of music in education was highly regarded and taken seriously.
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