Doğa Temelli Turizme Katılım Motivasyonu ve Deneyim Doyumu İlişkisi

Abstract

: The relationship between nature and tourism is still not clearly understood today, and the motivations attending tourism facilities are also affected by this complexity. People are expected to experience personal development and regeneration from tourism experiences, in which they participate with different motivations. It ensures that the experience of the person ultimately leads to experience satisfaction. The aim of the current study is to examine the effects of motivations to participate in nature based tourism on the personal development/renewal experience and experience satisfaction; and to determine the effect of personal development/renewal experience on experience satisfaction. Questionnaire technique was used in this research. Totally 267 questionnaires were analyzed. According to the results obtained, motivation to participate in nature based tourism activities affects experience satisfaction together with personal development/renewal experience, and personal development/renewal experience also affects experience satisfaction.