Abstract:
Economic development and progress that have occurred in the world with the
globalization increasing the development levels of the countries has negative and
irreversible effects on the environment. Negative environmental situations provide
environmental awareness and make people more conscious and sensitive to the
environment. In the context of sustainable tourism, tourists who move with
consciousness to meet the needs of future generations while using natural resources,
prefer destinations that place emphasis on environmentally responsible practices. It is
important that tourist guides, who play an important role in promoting the destination,
have environmental awareness and that guides act in this direction. The aim of this
research is to determine the Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Tourism Guidance
undergraduate students’ knowledge of ecotourism and to show how this knowledge
affects students’ environmental behaviors. The data will be obtained using the
questionnaire form. Reliability, t-test, ANOVA, correlation and regression analyzes
will be used in addition to frequency and percentage distributions for the analysis of
data.
