Today, ethics has become extremely remarkable almost
in all areas. Many studies have been conducted especially on consumer ethics.
Minimizing consumers’ unethical behaviors is essential for tourism sector, just
as for other sectors. Therefore, the aim of this study was to determine
unethical behaviors of domestic tourists participating in package tours. For
this purpose, 8 package tours were participated and by using participatory
observation method, it was aimed to reveal unethical behaviors of domestic
tourists. With unethical behaviors revealed in observations, it is thought to
facilitate the work of travel agencies and tourist guides, help tourists behave
more consciously and avoid behaviors that will disturb other tourists or local
people. While determining unethical behaviors, Ethical Codes of World Tourism
Organization, museum-archeological site rules, laws and ethical values were
taken into consideration. The most repeated unethical tourist behaviors in the
research were; throwing litter in museums-archeological sites or gas stations,
interfering, not listening or doing something else while tour guide was
narrating. Besides, those who left the group during the tour without
considering the need to act together and informing, and those who made other
tourists and tour officials wait by being late for the meeting time constituted
a remarkable amount.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Tourism (Other) |
Journal Section | Original Scientific Article |
Authors | |
Publication Date | December 30, 2019 |
Submission Date | August 28, 2019 |
Published in Issue | Year 2019 Volume: 3 Issue: 2 |