Measuring the awareness level of local tourists in their tourism and environment relations: a research in tarsus

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to determine the differences in the level of awareness on the tourism and environmental relations of local tourists traveling to Tarsus from different regions of Turkey and to determine whether these differences differ according to the demographic characteristics of the tourists participating in the research (gender, age, education, living city etc.)The sample of the research is composed of 110 local tourists visiting different touristic destinations of Tarsus town.The survey method was used to reach the data.The questionnaire, consisting of 21 questions, was filled by the participants in face-to-face negotiations.