VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY OF RESPONSIBLE TOURISM SCALE
SORUMLU TURİZM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GEÇERLİLİK VE GÜVENİRLİLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Author : Fatmanur Kübra AYLAN -- MEte SEZGİN
Number of pages : 351-362

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the scale of Responsible Tourism (CSO) by adapting to Turkish. The scale consists of four dimensions: economic, social, cultural and environmental. However, items related to political responsibility were added to responsible touris scale due to the necessity of considering the responsibility on widely. While creating the items of the scale, firstly the literature of responsible tourism was reviewed and a pool of 17 items related to political responsibility was established as a result of expert opinions. As a result of explatory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis, it's seen that structure with four factor, consists of " economic responsibility ", "socio-cultural responsibility", "environmental responsibility" and "political responsibility" is confirmed. It's determined that reliability coefficients of the scale has high values vary between 0.80 and 0.86. These findings reveal that scale of responsible tourism can be applied as a reliable and valid tool in researches will be done in Turkey.

Keywords

Responsible Tourism, Scale of Responsible Tourism, Val

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