FARMERS’ PERCEPTION ON AGRO – TOURISM IN ADIYAMAN PROVINCE

Volume: 4 Number: 1 February 1, 2015
  • İsmail Ukava
  • Burçin Cevdet Çetinsözb
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FARMERS’ PERCEPTION ON AGRO – TOURISM IN ADIYAMAN PROVINCE

Abstract

Agro-tourism is a conception, which is used in order to define tourism activities held in rural areas. Adıyaman, chosen as the research field, is thought to have not only in the terms of cultural tourism but also a great potential and importance due to its geographical location and agricultural features. In this study, putting forward the farmers’ perceptions to agro- tourism potential and farmers who make agricultural production in Adıyaman has been purposed. In this purpose, Adıyaman’s agrotourism (current situation) has been determined by examining the subsidiary data first. In order to determine the farmers’ perception on agro-tourism, the main purpose of the study, the scale that Kuneasekaran, Ramachandran, Yacob and Shuib (2011) built up, has been used. The survey form which was built up in this context has been applied to face to face to 132 people from 33 villages in Adıyaman. Factor analysis, arithmetic mean and standard deviation of varieties in scale have been determined by analyzing the obtained data via SPSS software. At the end of the research it is determined that Farmers perceive that the agro- tourism will be useful for economic and social-cultural profoundly and this kind of tourism will not affect the environment in a negative physical way

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İsmail Ukava This is me

Burçin Cevdet Çetinsözb This is me

Publication Date

February 1, 2015

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February 1, 2015

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Year 2015 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Ukava, İ., & Çetinsözb, B. C. (2015). ADIYAMAN İLİNDE ÇİFTÇİLERİN TARIM TURİZMİ ÜZERİNE ALGILAMALARI. Mesleki Bilimler Dergisi (MBD), 4(1), 1-13. https://izlik.org/JA23UH36EK