EXAMINING TOURISM FACULTY STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TO SPORTS TOURISM

Abstract

Considering the individual and social benefits, the perspective on sports tourism is extremely important. In this direction, it can be said that determining the level of people's attitudes towards sports tourism will be effective for the development of the field. In the light of these considerations, the aim of the research is to examine the attitudes of university students studying in tourism faculties towards sports tourism according to various variables. The research was conducted using the survey model, one of the quantitative research methods. The data of the research were collected with the "Attitude Scale Towards Sports Tourism" developed by Tezcan and Sadık (2018). The study group of the research consisted of students studying at the Tourism Faculty of Recep Tayyip Erdogan University. Since the data obtained from the research showed normality distribution, parametric tests (t-test, one-way analysis of variance) were used in the research. According to the results of the analysis, it was determined that the attitudes of the students studying at the faculty of tourism towards sports tourism were generally above moderate in all sub-dimensions of the scale. In addition, significant differences were found according to the variables of age, class, interest in sports, and doing sports. According to the results of the research, it can be said that the increase in the level of interest of the students in sports and the fact that they do sports increase their attitudes towards sports tourism