Techonology Addiction’s Impact on Tourism Experiences and Preferableness of Digital Detox Tourism

Year 2021, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 54 - 66, 31.12.2021

Elif Aslantürk

Abstract

Digital detox tourism is a new phenomenon that has emerged to decrease the negative impacts of the use of information technology and online interactions and to help to concentrate on the real world rather than the virtual world. The aim of this study is to research the impact of technology addiction on tourism experience and the preferableness of digital detox tourism. By using convenience sampling, the individuals who has had holiday over the last one year were attained. Via structured interview form, the data that was collected from 70 participants were evaluated through content analysis and descriptive analysis. The results that were obtained from the research have shown that the use of technology during holiday has a negative impact on the quality of touristic experience of individuals’ (%70 of them). It has been concluded that individuals are inclined to isolation, relaxation, the motivation for being on stream and having a digital detox holiday and that digital detox holidays where there is no technology, or it is restricted are preferable.

Keywords

Tourism, Technology Addiction, Digital Detox, Digital Detox Tourism

Teknoloji Bağımlılığının Turizm Deneyimlerine Etkisi ve Dijital Detoks Turizminin Tercih Edilebilirliği

Abstract

Dijital detoks turizmi, tatil sırasında bilgi iletişim teknolojilerinin kullanımı ve çevrimiçi etkileşimlerin turistik deneyimlere olan olumsuz etkilerini azaltmak ve sanal dünya yerine gerçek dünyaya odaklanmayı sağlamak için ortaya çıkan yeni bir olgudur. Bu çalışmanın amacı da teknoloji bağımlılığının turizm deneyimlerine olan etkisini ve dijital detoks turizminin tercih edilebilirliğini araştırmaktır. Kolayda örnekleme tekniği kullanılarak son 1 yıl içerisinde tatil yapmış olan bireylere ulaşılmıştır. Yapılandırılmış görüşme formu aracılığıyla 70 katılımcıdan toplanan verilere içerik analizi ve betimsel analiz tekniği uygulanmıştır. Araştırmadan elde edilen bulgular, tatillerde teknoloji kullanımının bireylerin (%70’inin) turistik deneyim kalitesini olumsuz yönde etkilediğini göstermiştir. Bireylerin uzaklaşma, rahatlama ve akışta olma motivasyonu ile dijital detoks tatiline çıkma yönünde eğilimlerinin olduğu dolayısı ile teknolojinin olmadığı ya da kısıtlandığı dijital detoks tatillerinin tercih edilebilir olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

Keywords

Turizm, Teknoloji Bağımlılığı, Dijital Detoks, Dijital Detoks Turizmi

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