TÜRK SIRT ÇANTALI GEZGİNLERİN KİŞİSEL GELİŞİMLERİ İLE SÜRDÜRÜLEBİLİRLİK ALGILARI ARASINDAKİ İLİŞKİ

Günümüzde özellikle gençler arasında yaygınlaşan bağımsız seyahatlerin kişisel gelişime önemli bir katkı sunduğu varsayılmaktadır. Ancak birçok araştırmada sırt çantalı gezginlerin sürdürülebilirlik konusunda pek fazla endişe duymadığı tespit edilmiştir. Bu sebeple kişisel gelişime faydası dokunduğu varsayılan bu seyahatler ile gezginlerin sürdürülebilirlik algıları arasındaki ilişki incelenmiştir. Araştırmada nicel bir tasarım benimsenmiş ve anket tekniğinden faydalanılmıştır. Kartopu örneklemesi yöntemiyle yüz yüze ve online olarak toplam 244 Türk sırt çantalı gezgine ulaşılmıştır. 2018 yılı Eylül-Ekim aylarında toplanan veriler, korelasyon analizine tabi tutulmuştur. Analiz sonucunda tüm kişisel gelişim boyutları ile gezginlerin sürdürülebilirlik algıları arasında anlamlı ilişkiler tespit edilmiştir. Farkındalık ve yetenek boyutunun en çok sosyal sürdürülebilirlik, beceri boyutunun çevresel sürdürülebilirlik, duygu boyutunun ise ekonomik sürdürülebilirlik ile ilişkili olduğu belirlenmiştir.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TURKISH BACKPACKERS’ PERSONEL DEVELOPMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY PERCEPTIONS

Today, it is assumed that independent travels, which are especially popular among young people, make a significant contribution to personal development. However, in many studies it has been found that backpackers are not much concerned about sustainability. Therefore, the relationship between the travelers' perceptions of sustainability and these travels, which are supposed to be beneficial to personal development, have been examined. A quantitative design was adopted in the research and a survey technique was used. A total of 244 Turkish backpackers were reached face-to-face and online with snowball sampling method. Data collected in September-October 2018 were subjected to correlation analysis. As a results of the research, significant relationships were found between all personal development dimensions and perceptions of sustainability of travelers. It has been determined that the dimension of awareness and capability is mostly related to social sustainability, skill dimension is related to environmental sustainability and emotion dimension is related to economic sustainability.

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