Research Article

Evaluation of Social Media Tools in Health Tourism Marketing with Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods

Volume: 7 Number: 1 September 10, 2024
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Evaluation of Social Media Tools in Health Tourism Marketing with Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods

Abstract

Today, countries are turning to alternative tourism types due to the destructive and corrosive effect of mass tourism. Various factors in the global market affect consumer preferences and shape their demands. This situation leads countries to seek alternative tourism types. While developed countries tend to focus more on sports tourism, the rising value of health tourism stands out for developing countries. The high costs of healthcare services in developed countries, waiting times, and the lack of many health services offered by insurance companies lead consumers to outsource their helthcare needs. Relationship marketing plays a key role in health tourism services, and consumers seek first-hand answers to their questions. The health sector's sensitive and complex structure informs and raises consumers' awareness on the axis of relational marketing dimensions. This study aims to via multi criteria decision making to determine and rank the social media channels used in health tourism marketing. While the criteria weights are determined by the Best-Worst Method, the priority order of social media channels is determined by COmbinative Distance-based ASsessment. Expert opinions were consulted during the criteria determination and the ranking of the alternatives. As a result of the analyses, the importance of social media is emphasised once again. Social media tools, especially through mobile application applications, shape the age with the audience it reaches, the distribution between regions, the time spent and the information transmitted. The need for socialisation accelerates the development of technology with the rapid orientation of people towards this field. In this case, youtube, which has gained momentum with the number of users and the use of visual and auditory elements together, holds the leadership in the reflection of relational marketing on health tourism today, as it creates space for all segments, even though information pollution is experienced.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Digital Marketing

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

September 10, 2024

Submission Date

January 29, 2024

Acceptance Date

August 12, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Aykın, Ö., Karaman, D., & Yumurtacı Aydoğmuş, H. (2024). Evaluation of Social Media Tools in Health Tourism Marketing with Multi Criteria Decision Making Methods. Uluslararası Yönetim Akademisi Dergisi, 7(1), 183-202. https://doi.org/10.33712/mana.1427427

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