Measuring the impacts of travel influencers on bicycle travelers.
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Doç. Dr. Kübra AŞAN Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Current Issues in Tourism (Q1) | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 1368-3500 Dergi Bilgileri (2022) | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SSCI | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2022 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 25 / 6 / 978–994 | DOI | 10.1080/13683500.2021.1914004 |
| Makale Linki | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epub/10.1080/13683500.2021.1914004?needAccess=true | ||
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| Özet |
| Social media influencer is one of the new concepts that emerged with the development of information technologies and new media. The study aims to explain the impacts of travel influencers on their followers in the context of bicycle touring as a sustainable special interest tourism type. For this, mixed methods research was performed by using exploratory design. In the first phase of the research, qualitative research was carried out through in-depth interviews. A scale development study was carried out in light of the themes and codings acquired. In the second phase, a survey was conducted with 915 participants. As a result of the analysis, the 'Travel Influencers' Impacts Scale' emerged, which met the validity and reliability criteria. According to the findings, the impacts of traveller influencers on their followers can be categorized into four categories: 'informative effects, motivating effects, effects as a role model, and ... |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| bicycle tourism | influencer marketing | mixed method-exploratory study | Special interest tourism | travel influencers |
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| Web of Science | 40 |
| Scopus | 44 |
| Google Scholar | 103 |