Satisfaction analysis of recreational quality of Erciyes Mountain Ski Center

• Published in: Mimarlık bilimleri ve uygulamaları dergisi $b (Online) 2019-06, Vol.4 (1), p.1-10
• Main Authors: Sezen,Işık, Göktuğ,Tendü Hilal, Aytatlı,Başak, Yıkılmaz,Esma
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: erciyes mountain ski centre; Mimarlık ve Tasarım; recreation area planning; recreational quality; visitor satisfaction
• ISSN: 2548-0170; 2548-0170
• DOI: 10.30785/mbud.456863

In many countries, recreational tourism activities composed of winter tourism and sports that are performed in winter months constitute the majority of mountain tourism and sports. Individuals fond of winter sports prefer in their spare times known domestic or foreign ski resorts in order to rest and to have leisure. The most important preference determining factor here is the recreational quality of the facility. The results of the survey which is one-to one applied to the visitors between February-March 2017 aiming to determine recreational quality of the Erciyes Mountain Ski facilities constitute the research findings. The survey is prepared to determine the skiers’ demographic characteristics, ski experiences, snow sports exercised and recreational quality of the Erciyes Mountain Ski Resort. Erciyes Mountain, as an important source for winter sports due to possibilities it provides, is a candidate for being a winter tourism resort demanded accelerating day by day in regional, national and international scales and rapidly extending within this respect. As it is in all recreation areas, the primary goal of the management is a systematic and controlled tourism planning compatible to natural and social environment and is the provision of qualified rational experiences to its visitors. As a result of this research, service facilities (82 %) are determined as the highest satisfaction value of Erciyes kayak facilities.