This paper seeks to find out what the characteristics of the tourist experience of Generation Z are. The research was designed using qualitative research techniques. Interviews were conducted with 139 young tourists living in 45 different provinces in Turkey and were analyzed using content analysis. Generation Z has a limited budget for travel. They need to devise certain strategies to cope with this. Escape from everyday life is their most important motivation in travel. The idea that the best time to travel is school and youth years. Young tourists find cultural, historical, and architectural elements interesting and are interested in traditional cuisine. They prefer types of transportation that they have not experienced before.
Purpose - The aim of this research is to determine if the creative drama method, which has been shown to be effective in hotel management education, is also effective when applied to another student group. Design - A quasi-experimental design was used in the hotel management course taught using the creative drama method and direct instruction. Methodology - The research onion model and a quantitative method were used. A pre-test, a post-test, retention tests, and an attitude scale towards the course were applied to both the control and experimental groups. The time horizon of the study is cross-sectional, as the study was carried out over a specific time period. In the research, data were collected with achievement tests with difference analyses being made. Approach - Based on the idea that information regarding the effectiveness of this method can only be accessed with data obtained by experimentation, a positivist approach is adopted. Findings - The creative drama method is effective in terms of academic success, retention of knowledge, and development of positive attitudes toward the course, even when applied to a different group of students. Originality of the research - The efficiency of the creative drama method in tourism education is not limited to the study group and is not random.
Education is important in increasing individual and social awareness regading sustainable tourism and development. Sustainable tourism and development courses are included in the curriculum of different programs in the field of tourism. However, information on the subject is transferred theoretically. Considering the content of sustainable tourism and development issues, experiential learning methods and techniques should be used in terms of transforming the learned information into permanent behavior. In this section, first of all, the importance of experiential learning in sustainable tourism and development teaching is discussed, and the details of a creative drama-based course proposal are given. In addition, students' opinions on the course in which the creative drama method was applied are presented. This section is a guide on how to handle important issues, such as sustainable tourism and development through the creative drama method.
Bu araştırmanın amacı, Van ilinde ikamet eden 13 turist rehberinin Van’ın tarihi, kültürü, sanatı ve arkeolojisi hakkında kapsamlı bilgi edinmeleri ve farkındalıklarının arttırılması kapsamında düzenlenmiş olan eğitim programına yönelik görüşlerinin değerlendirilmesidir. Araştırmada nitel araştırma yöntemi kullanılmış ve içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Bulgulara göre turist rehberlerinin mesleki eğitime yönelik görüşleri; ‘‘programın sunduğu katkılar’’, ‘‘programın iyileştirilmesi gereken yönleri’’, ‘‘programın zorlayan yönleri’’, ‘‘programın kolay yönleri’’ ve ‘‘programın olumlu yönleri’’ temaları altında açıklanmıştır. Bu eğitim programının turist rehberlerine sunduğu en önemli katkı mevcut bilgilerin pekiştirilmesidir. Eğitimlerin alan uzmanı akademisyenler tarafından sunulması ve turist rehberlerinin bilgi yönünden eksikliklerini fark etmiş olmaları diğer önemli katkılardır. Diğer önemli bir bulgu eğitim içeriğinin turist rehberleri tarafından yeterli ve uygun görülmüş olmasıdır. Eğitim programının süre açısından yoğun bir şekilde düzenlenmiş olması bazı turist rehberleri tarafından eleştirilmiş ve süre bakımından iyileştirme yapılması gerektiği belirtilmiştir. Araştırmanın ileride tekrarlanacak olan eğitim programlarının geliştirilmesine yol göstermesi beklenmektedir
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