THE LEVEL OF BENEFITING FROM TOURISM VALUES IN ISPARTA: A RESEARCH ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
ISPARTA’DA BULUNAN TURİZM DEĞERLERİNDEN FAYDALANMA DÜZEYİ: ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİNE ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Author : Faruk GÜNGÖREN -Mustafa Cüneyt ŞAPCILAR - Ahmet BÜYÜKŞALVARCI
Number of pages : 1-17

Abstract

Tourism resources are important attractions for individuals who live in the area and have the potential to come from outside the area. The attractions in Isparta reveal the tourism potential of the province. When the results of SWOT analysis are evaluated; it is seen that the province is a university city with approximately 83 thousand students and 431,230 local and foreign tourists visit it. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the tourism resources of Isparta and the opportunities in SWOT analysis. With the determined purpose, the levels of university students’ utilization from tourism resources were evaluated. Primary data was obtained via questionnaire in this research. 391 questionnaires were evaluated in the study. When the results were evaluated, it was determined that the students of Süleyman Demirel University utilization Eğirdir Lake but the other tourism resources utilization at a very low level. The presence of those who have never heard of the tourism resources in Isparta and have never visited, is among the remarkable findings of the research.

Keywords

Tourism resources, Isparta tourism, University students, SWOT analysis.

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