Determining The Environmental Attitudes Of Tourist Guide Candidates

Abstract

The aim of this study to determine the environmental attitudes of tourist guide candidates. When the literature on this subject is examined, no study has been found on the environment and environmental attitudes of tourist guides and guide candidates. Therefore, with this paper, it is aimed to fill this gap in the literature. The research was designed in the quantitative method. The universe of the research was determined as the students who received education in the top 10 State Universities in Turkey in the 2021-2022 academic year. Data were collected online by the researcher between 01 December 2021 and 03 January 2022. Quota and convenience sampling method was used in the research. A total of 422 questionnaires were collected and used as data in practice. The t-Test was conducted to determine whether there is a significant difference between the "environmental attitudes" and "gender" of the tourist guide candidates. It can be said that “male” tourist guide candidates have negative environmental thoughts. ANOVA test was conducted to see if there is a significant difference between the "environmental attitudes" and "age" of tourist guidance students. According to the ANOVA test, significant differences were determined in the dimensions of "Environmental Behavior", "Environmental Thinking" and "Environmental Emotion".