Author/Authors
GÜZEL, F. Özlem Akdeniz Üniversitesi - Turizm Fakültesi, Turkey , KÖROĞLU, Özlem Balıkesir Üniversitesi - Turizm Fakültesi, Turkey
Title Of Article
The Effects of the Mediation and Leadership Role of Tour Guides on the Tour Experience: A Research on Nature Tours
شماره ركورد
19633
Abstract
Other than being a profession that extends beyond only providing information on the historical monuments, tour guiding is a job that has positive effects on the holistic holiday experience. Thus, this profession in its context embodies many different roles that are necessary. With this context, the purpose of this study is primarily to analyze the effects of the leadership and mediation roles on certificated tour guide performance evaluation and then on holistic tour experience. Consequently, in order to determine the relationships between parameters, a field survey at Sarigerme tourism region was conducted on the guided nature tours during the months of May, June and July in 2013. Through the data obtained by the questionnaires, the relationship between the leadership role / mediator role of tour guides on tour guides‟ performance and holistic tour experience basing on two different models was analyzed with Structural Equation Method (SEM). As an outcome of the survey, it was found that the leadership role/mediator role of tour guides on the evaluation of the tour guides‟ performance and that the tour guide performance has positive effects on the evaluation holistic tour experience.
From Page
939
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Professional tour guide (PTG) , leadership , mediation , tour experience , nature tours , structural relationship model
JournalTitle
Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences
To Page
960
JournalTitle
Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences
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