Involvement with backpacking: A research on backpackers visiting Istanbul

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dc.authoridHarman, Serhat/0000-0003-2845-8657
dc.contributor.authorAkatay, Ayten
dc.contributor.authorCakici, A. Celil
dc.contributor.authorHarman, Serhat
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-06T17:36:31Z
dc.date.available2025-01-06T17:36:31Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThe concept of involvement has been used to explain individuals' emotional attachment to specific tourism destinations and different segment of consumers in tourism. However, involvement with backpacking among backpackers has not been examined. A survey was conducted in Istanbul, one of the world's largest tourist destinations. Data was collected through a questionnaire during April 2012 with 887 backpackers who stayed in hostels in Istanbul. Factor analysis showed that involvement with backpacking can be examined in four dimensions: attraction, centrality to life style, social bonding, and identity expression and affirmation. Significant differences were also found in involvement with backpacking according to age, self-definition, travel experience and number of information sources used. Our findings demonstrate that Turkey is more preferred by European backpackers at the beginning of their travel career, thus supporting the importance of the Pearce's (1993) Travel Career Ladder in tourism research.
dc.description.sponsorshipCOMU Scientific Research Projects Fund [2012/20]
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study is a part of the PhD thesis written by Serhat Harman, supervised by Ayten AKATAY. PhD thesis is supported by COMU Scientific Research Projects Fund, Project Number: 2012/20
dc.identifier.endpage377
dc.identifier.issn1332-7461
dc.identifier.issn1849-1545
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.startpage361
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14669/1914
dc.identifier.volume61
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000213670400002
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInst Tourism
dc.relation.ispartofTourism
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_20241211
dc.subjectbackpackers
dc.subjectbackpacking
dc.subjectinvolvement
dc.subjectIstanbul
dc.subjectTurkey
dc.titleInvolvement with backpacking: A research on backpackers visiting Istanbul
dc.typeArticle

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