Advances in Hospitality and Tourism Research (AHTR) An International Journal of Akdeniz University,

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Authors: Cem Oktay Güzeller, Nuri Çeliker

The aim of this study was to identify trends in tourism literature in bibliometric terms by analyzing scientific studies carried out over the past decade and to reveal the similarities and differences of the trends between Turkey originated and other international publications. The research data comprised of 4473 studies published between 2007-2016 in the top-five journals of tourism field according to the Journal Citation Reports and 213 Turkey-originated studies published in 19 tourism and hospitality journals. The journals were examined in terms of number and types of publications, author-institution-country productivity, citation analysis, conceptual orientations and citation burst. In order to reveal the links between key words and the leading studies, social network analysis was utilized. Social network analysis facilitates mapping the links in a research community and specifying the key actors for the field development. According to research findings, experimental researches were observed to have an important place in both Turkey originated and other international publications. It was determined that topics of organizational behavior and management fields were studied the most, particularly the concepts such as attitude, perception, intention, experience, behavior and satisfaction were measured. Turkey originated publications often addressed conflict and behavior issues whereas other international publications focused on sustainable tourism, destinations, local people and travel experiences. It is considered that the research results would enable individuals interested in tourism discipline, in both scientific and sectorial terms, to have an overview of the research scope and intellectual framework of the field.

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Authors: Ching-Shu Su, Pei-Hsun Lu

Nowadays, while facing the intense competition in restaurant business, in order to increase sales revenue and customers’ average check, understanding how to encourage customers’ impulse buying behavior is very important. The main objectives of this study were to analyze the influence of dining environment and reference group on customers’ impulse buying behavior, and the relationships of dining environment, reference group and customers’ impulse ordering behavior in restaurants. The findings showed that influence of reference group, social factors and extraversion were three major factors that affect customers’ impulse buying behavior. It was suggested that impulse buying behavior could be a research topic worth of being explored in hospitality industry, and significant managerial and theoretical implications were proposed.

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Authors: Güney Çetinkaya, Mustafa Yıldız, Mehmet Ali Özçelik

National parks are significant tourism and recreational areas that are widely used in many countries. Although such areas are widespread in Turkey, their resource value is underestimated. For this reason, this research aims to identify the constraints regarding local people’s use of national parks and investigate the effects of demographic features on these constraints. This research conducted in Antalya, which is the city with the most national park areas in Turkey. Mixed method approach was applied in this study. In the first stage, a sample of 100 people in Antalya were interviewed. In the second stage, a questionnaire was given to 2,367 people. The three-dimensional leisure constraints model was used as the study’s theoretical framework. The findings showed that lack of information/facilities (structural) was the main restriction on local people’s use of national parks, followed by accessibility/finance (structural), maintenance (structural), social (interpersonal) and individual/ psychological (intrapersonal) factors. Use of national parks was also affected by demographic features of sex, age, marital status, having a child, income and education level. In conclusion, the existence of structural constraints as dominant national park use is advantageous in constraint management. The Turkish national parks and the tourism authorities should therefore change their management strategies regarding this issue.