Determination of the Opinions of Students on Tourism Impact Using Mobile Applications

AbstractSince smart phones has become popular, we have been introduced to a huge volume of mobile applications. Every day, we are able to find a new mobile application for different purposes. With these applications, we can edit our photos or contact people on social networks. The main aim of this study is to determine the students’ opinions on Tourism impact using Mobile Applications. In line with this aim, the authors developed a 5-point Likert-type scale consisting of 20 positive statements. The scale was administered to 352 distance learning students during the 2014-2015 spring terms at Near East University. Data were analyzed with IBM SPSS 22. The results showed that students prefer Trip Advisor application to find historical places and they select places to visit after they read user comments. Students also revealed that booking.com are more reliable than other applications. Besides, students prefer to download maps applications and they use GPS when they travel the cities