TY - JOUR AU - Atay, Lütfi AU - Soylu, Yasin AU - Gökdemir, Sinan AU - Susnienė, Dalia PY - 2019/12/12 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY BEHAVIOUR OF THE TOURISTS WHO USES HOT AIR BALLOON AND THEIR ATTITUDE TOWARDS AIR POLLUTION JF - Taikomieji tyrimai studijose ir praktikoje - Applied research in studies and practice JA - ARSP VL - 15 IS - 1 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://ojs.panko.lt/index.php/ARSP/article/view/90 SP - 24-31 AB - <p>Recreational activities taking place at natural destinations have the utmost importance for the consciousness of individuals about the environment. Individuals taking part in those activities come into close contact with environmental problems and experience them personally. This experience also reflects in their behaviour.</p><p>The aim of this study is to investigate environmentally conscious behaviour of the visitors who use hot air balloons. It also sought to determine visitor attitude towards air pollution which is the main source value. Therefore, 500 questionnaires distributed to visitors and out of the total 386 were considered to be valid for this study. In determining the effect of demographic variables T-test and one-way variance analysis applied to the hypotheses. As a result, there were significant differences between environmentally friendly behaviour and the entire demographic variables. Also, the attitude of the visitors towards air pollution is found to be quite significant.</p> ER -