Offline Vacation: Ecotourism for Digital Detox

Abstract

Tourism industry is like a laboratory where technology is applied and rapidly adopted. Therefore, the fourth industrial revolution continues to shape the tourism industry, which was accelerated by the first industrial revolution. However, excessive use of technology creates problems, such as stress, depression and insomnia. Therefore, nowadays, it has started to come to the fore to take a vacation away from technology, which is always with human beings. As a result of previous revolutions, people needed a vacation due to problems, such as cars and pollution, but in the current fourth industrial revolution, human beings felt the need to stay away from technology. People go on vacation to get away from their daily lives, to renew themselves by learning with new experiences and resting. At this point, a holiday away from technology comes up with the concept of digital detox. From this point of view, the aim of this study is to examine and recommend ecotourism as a digital detox. The research is a qualitative study. As a case study, some ecotourism providers providing digital detox services were examined. Since ecotourism is already intertwined with nature and culture, it can be seen as a ready market for digital detox. As a result, suggestions were made to focus on real-world social interaction and nature interaction by reducing stress.

Keywords

• Offline Vacation
• Digital Detox
• Ecotourism

Çevrimdışı Tatil: Dijital Detoks İçin Ekoturizm

Abstract

Turizm endüstrisi, teknolojinin uygulanıp hızla benimsendiği bir laboratuvar gibidir. Bundan dolayı birinci endüstri devriminin hızlandırdığı turizm endüstrisini, günümüzde içinde olduğumuz dördüncü endüstri devrimi şekillendirmeye devam etmektedir. Fakat aşırı teknoloji kullanımı bireylerde stres, depresyon, uykusuzluk gibi sorunlar yaratmaktadır. Dolayısıyla, günümüzde insanoğlunun her zaman yanında olan teknolojiden uzak tatil yapması gündeme gelmeye başlamıştır. Nasıl önceki devrimlerin sonucu olarak insanoğlu arabalar, kirlilik gibi sorunlardan dolayı tatil ihtiyacı duymuşsa, şu anki dördüncü endüstri devriminde teknolojiden uzak tatil ihtiyacı hissetmiştir. İnsanlar günlük hayatlarından uzaklaşmak, yeni deneyimlerle öğrenerek ve dinlenerek yenilenmek amacıyla tatile çıkmaktadır. Bu noktada teknolojiden uzak tatil, dijital detoks kavramı ile karşımıza çıkmaktadır. Buradan hareketle bu çalışmanın amacı, çevrimdışı olarak dijital detoks kapsamında ekoturizmi inceleyip öneriler sunmaktır. Araştırma nitel bir çalışmadır. Örnek olay olarak dijital detoks hizmeti sağlayan bazı ekoturizm sağlayıcıları incelenmiştir. Ekoturizmin, halihazırda doğa ve kültür ile iç içe olması, dijital detoks için hazır bir pazar olarak görülmesini sağlamaktadır. Çalışma sonucunda stresi azaltarak gerçek dünyadaki sosyal etkileşime ve doğa etkileşimine odaklanmak için önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Keywords

• Çevrimdışı Tatil
• Dijital Detoks
• Ekoturizm

Supporting Institution

Bu çalışma, 30 Eylül - 02 Ekim 2021 tarihleri arasında Uluslararası Turizmde Yükselen Eğilimler Kongresi'nde sunulmuş ve özet bildiri olarak yayınlanmıştır.

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