The Role of Social Media in the Development of Tourism Industry

Year 2025, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 1 - 24, 30.06.2025

Saeid Foroughi , Abdullah Karaman

https://doi.org/10.71340/sinopetad.1606339

Abstract

Tourism is one of the most significant revenue sources for any nation. However, a new outlook on the prosperity of this business has been formed due to the complexity of the choices, the wide range of tourism destinations, and the usage of electronic and internet technologies. People use social media platforms as tools and middlemen for marketing, purchasing, researching products, interacting with one another, and sharing their thoughts. The development of social media in the travel and tourism sectors has expedited learning about a destination and shaping perceptions about it. The tourist sector is now thriving globally thanks to the acceptance of social media's influence on commerce and development. Numerous scholars worldwide have validated and examined social media's connection to the tourism sector. The current study has looked into how social media has influenced the growth of the tourism sector, offering marketing-based strategies to boost travel, examining the influence of social media trust and information, and offering strategies for social media to function more effectively in the tourism sector. In light of the research's significance and need, a descriptive approach was employed as the research methodology for this meta-synthesis paper. The study's analysis revealed that travellers’ desire to travel, their decision to buy tourism-related goods, their level of happiness with such purchases, and their assessment of tourist destinations are all significantly influenced by their level of trust in the information created by social media. Their confidence in social media content positively impacts travellers' information-seeking behaviour for tourism locations, and this trust also has a beneficial effect on their experience-sharing behaviour.

Keywords

Tourism Destinations , Tourism Products , Social Media , Marketing and Business , Desire to Travel , Trust.

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Sosyal Medyanın Turizm Endüstrisinin Gelişimindeki Rolü

Abstract

Turizm, herhangi bir ulus için en önemli gelir kaynaklarından biridir. Ancak, seçimlerin karmaşıklığı, çok çeşitli turizm destinasyonları ve elektronik ve internet teknolojilerinin kullanımı nedeniyle bu işletmenin refahına ilişkin yeni bir bakış açısı oluşmuştur. İnsanlar sosyal medya platformlarını pazarlama, satın alma, ürün araştırma, birbirleriyle etkileşim kurma ve düşüncelerini paylaşma araçları ve aracıları olarak kullanmaktadır. Seyahat ve turizm sektörlerinde sosyal medyanın gelişimi, bir destinasyon hakkında bilgi edinmeyi ve bu destinasyon hakkındaki algıları şekillendirmeyi hızlandırmıştır. Turizm sektörü, sosyal medyanın ticaret ve kalkınma üzerindeki etkisinin kabul edilmesi sayesinde artık küresel olarak gelişmektedir. Dünya çapında çok sayıda bilim insanı, sosyal medyanın turizm sektörüyle bağlantısını doğrulamış ve incelemiştir. Mevcut çalışma, sosyal medyanın turizm sektörünün büyümesini nasıl etkilediğini, seyahati artırmak için pazarlama tabanlı stratejiler sunmayı, sosyal medya güveninin ve bilgisinin etkisini incelemeyi ve sosyal medyanın turizm sektöründe daha etkili bir şekilde işlev görmesi için stratejiler sunmayı incelemiştir. Araştırmanın önemi ve ihtiyacı ışığında, bu meta-sentez makalesi için araştırma metodolojisi olarak tanımlayıcı bir yaklaşım kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın analizi, gezginlerin seyahat etme isteğinin, turizmle ilgili malları satın alma kararlarının, bu tür satın alımlardan duydukları mutluluk düzeylerinin ve turistik yerlere ilişkin değerlendirmelerinin, sosyal medya tarafından oluşturulan bilgilere duydukları güven düzeyinden önemli ölçüde etkilendiğini ortaya koymaktadır. Sosyal medya içeriğine olan güvenleri, gezginlerin turizm lokasyonları için bilgi arama davranışlarını olumlu yönde etkiliyor ve bu güvenin deneyim paylaşma davranışları üzerinde de olumlu bir etkisi olduğu görülmektedir.

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Turizm Destinasyonları , Turizm Ürünleri , Sosyal Medya , Pazarlama ve İş , Seyahat İsteği , Güven

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