Türkiye’de Macera Turisti Tipolojisi

Türkiye’deki yüksek riskli aktivitelere katılan macera turistlerini keşfetmek için yola çıkılan bu çalışmada, Türkiye’de en çok tercih edilen macera aktiviteleri olan yamaç paraşütü, tüplü dalış, sörf, rafting, kano, kamp, kayak/snowboard, kaya tırmanışı, trekking ve tur bisikleti aktivitelerine katılan macera turistleri incelenmiştir. Çalışmada, macera turistlerinin demografik özellikleri, rekreasyonel davranışları, kişilik özellikleri ve tercih ettikleri aktiviteler değerlendirilerek, macera turisti tipolojisinin oluşturulması amaçlanmıştır. Bu amaçla, turist kişilik özelliklerini ortaya koymak için geliştirilen dışadönüklük kişilik ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Bu ölçekle birlikte, macera turistlerinin rekreasyonel davranışları ile demografik özelliklerine yönelik ifadelerin de yer aldığı anket soru formu oluşturulmuştur. Araştırma kapsamında veriler, nicel araştırma yöntemlerinden anket tekniği kullanılarak toplanmıştır. Belirlenen 10 macera aktivitesine katılan macera turistleri, kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak seçilmiş ve bu turistlerden toplam 1246 veri elde edilmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda, macera turistlerinin kişilik tipleri ortaya konmuş ve macera turistlerinin tercih ettikleri aktivite türlerine göre kişilik tipleri, rekreasyonel davranışları ile demografik özellikleri belirlenmiştir.

Adventure Tourist Typology in Turkey

The study was starting to discover the adventure tourists who participate in high-risk activities in Turkey. Research was conducted for adventure tourists participating the most preferred adventure activities which are paragliding, scuba diving, surfing, rafting, canoeing, camping, skiing/snowboarding, rock climbing, trekking and tour biking. It was aimed to create adventure tourist typology by evaluating the demographic characteristics, recreational behavior, personality characteristics and the activities adventure tourists prefer. For this purpose, the allocentric personality scale -which is developed to reveal the tourist personality- was used. Along with this scale, a questionnaire form containing variables on recreational behavior and demographic characteristics of adventure tourists has been created. Within the scope of the research, the data were collected using the survey technique, which is one of the quantitative research methods. Adventure tourists participating in the 10 determined adventure activities were selected using the convenience sampling method and a total of 1246 data were obtained from these tourists. As a result of the research, personality typology of adventure tourists were determined and personality types, recreational behaviors and demographic characteristics were determined according to the adventure activities preferred by adventure tourists.

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