Hopelessness against desire to pursue a career in tourism: An empirical analysis of Sinop University, Turkey

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https://doi.org/10.18778/0867-5856.30.2.27

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tourism education, careers of tourism students, careers in tourism, level of hopelessness and desire, tourism students

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The aim of this work is to demonstrate the relationship between the level of hopelessness of students in tourism education and their desire to make a career in tourism. The data was collected from bachelor-level students in Sinop, a city at the top of Turkey’s life satisfaction and happiness index, by using a survey technique. In order to describe the data collected, frequency and arithmetic mean tests were used, whereas t-tests and variance analysis were used to determine differences between variables, and correlation was used to determine the relationship. As a result of the research, it was found that there is a negative relationship between the desire to make a career in tourism and level of hopelessness amongst the students.

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2020-12-30

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Bayram, A. T. ., Kavlak, H. T. ., Dogra, J., & Bayram, G. E. . (2020). Hopelessness against desire to pursue a career in tourism: An empirical analysis of Sinop University, Turkey. Turyzm/Tourism, 30(2), 115–123. https://doi.org/10.18778/0867-5856.30.2.27

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