Joining together the volunteer and the youth tourism: An implication for Eskişehir/Turkey<p>Gönüllü ve gençlik turizminin birlikte ele alınması: Eskişehir’e yönelik bir öneri

Abstract

The volunteer and the youth tourism that are among the important types of the social tourism are not desired levels in Turkey. The volunteer tourism that the major participants are youth is interraleted with youth tourism owing to participants'profiles and motivations, and the need for institutional support. Handling together thevolunteer and youth tourism, this study aims to investigate the aims of youth and the institutional authorities, and thus suggesting a proposal for future implementation. In this purpose, a mixed-method study was carried out in Eskişehir/Turkey. First, the data from the 384 college students derived by questionnaire method. Secondly, the data 9 represantatives of local governments and Non-Governemental Organizations' as institutional authorities derived by interview method. The quantitaive data was analysed mainly by factor analysis, while the qualitative data analysed by content analysis. Findings suggest that participation the tourism among young people are not much higher, however, many of them are willing to participate to the volunteer tourism. Institutional authorities are also positive . Gönüllü ve gençlik turizminin birlikte ele alınması: Eskişehir'e yönelik bir öneri. ÖzetInternational Journal of Human Sciences, 12(2), 207-234. doi: 10.14687/ijhs.v12i2.3303 208 considerations towards volunteer and youth tourism, however their support is relatively on supplying. Thus, the need for intermediary individual or institution, and the support of universities and the local people are among the other important aspects in planning and implementing. In sum, the findings of the study generally demonstrate that young people and the institutional authorities relatively have positive aims regarding volunteer and youth tourism, and thus a practical implication was provided.