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Çevre Duyarliligi Baglaminda Seyahat Acentelerinin Web Siteleri Üzerine Bir Degerlendirme / An Evaluation of Environmental Concerns of Travel Agencies in Their Web Sites

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Seyahat acentelerinin web siteleri, acentelerin çevre konusundaki ilgi ve duyarliligini yansitan iletisim araçlarindan birisidir. Bu çalisma, acentelerin web sitelerinde çevre ile ilgili anlatilarin bulunup bulunmadigini incelemek, acentelerin çevreyle ilgili yönelimlerini tespit etmek ve bu yönelimin sürdürülebilirlik ve ekoturizm ilkeleri baglaminda degerlendirmesini yapmak üzere hazirlanmistir. Analiz için gerekli verileri toplamak amaciyla, Türkiye Seyahat Acenteleri Birligi’nin (TÜRSAB) web sayfasinda erisilen 5362 acenteden web sitesi olan 1382 acente seçilmis ve bu acentelerin web sayfalarinin içerik analizi yapilmistir. Analizin ilk asamasinda, web sitelerinin sadece %2,7 gibi küçük bir kisminda, çevre ile ilgili anlatilar bulundugu tespit edilmistir. Ikinci asamasinda, sürdürülebilirlik ve ekoturizm baglaminda belirlenen 12 çevresel göstergenin web sayfalarindaki anlatilarda varligi arastirilmis ve web sitelerinin %2,4’ünde çevre/doga koruma kavraminin geçtigi, bunu, sirasiyla, yöre halkina saygi, alternatif turizm, ekoturizm, sürdürülebilir turizmin takip ettigi görülmüstür. Doga/çevre koruma, çevresel egitim, yerel kalkinma ve katilimcilik, sürdürülebilir kullanim gibi göstergelerle ilgili anlatilarin sürdürülebilir turizm ve ekoturizm ilkeleri ile bütünlestigi, ancak yetersiz oldugu saptanmistir. Bulgular acentelerin sürdürülebilir turizm baglaminda faaliyetlerde bulunmalari ve çevreye verdikleri önemi ve çevresel faaliyetlerini acente web sitesi gibi önemli bir iletisim kanalinda yansitmalari gerektigine isaret etmektedir ve sadece kendilerini degil ayni zamanda turistleri de çevresel baglamda gelistirmeleri gerektigini göstermektedir. An Evaluation of Environmental Concerns of Travel Agencies in Their Web Sites The travel agency web site is one of the means of communication that shows the nature of environmental sensitivity and concern of an agency. This study was designed to assess the existence of environmental narratives in the travel agency web sites and to determine the environmental orientations of the agencies and evaluate their orientation in terms of sustainability and ecotourism. 1382 agencies that have web sites were selected for the investigation. The necessary data was extracted from the agency websites and evaluated by means of content analysis. At the first stage of analysis, the study found that only 2.7 percent of agencies have some narrations about environment. At the second stage, it was found that only 2.4 percent mentions environmental/nature protection, followed respect to local people, alternative tourism, ecotourism and sustainable tourism. It was found that narrations about indicators such as Environmental/nature protection, environmental education, local development and participation are coupled with the sustainability and ecotourism principles, however they are insufficient. Findings indicate the necessity that the agencies should have environmental activities and reflect their environmental concern and activities in their web sites, and should develop themselves and tourists in terms of environmental context.

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