Özet:

The Covid-19 epidemic, which began at the end of 2019 and continues in 2021, has affected the whole world, humanity and many different sectors. The tourism sector and its stakeholders and employees, one of the sectors most affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, are facing major challenges. It is inevitable that tourist guides working within the tourism sector, in which measures are taken globally and travel restrictions, are affected. The tourist guidance profession, which plays a very important role in the promotion of tourist destinations, is influenced by the epidemic process. The aim of this study is to identify the levels of economic, sociopsychological and professional influence of tourist guides from the epidemic process. For this purpose, the qualitative research has been used by the conversation that is one in the methods of data collection. The semi-configured interview form used in the study was applied to 33 tourist guides. It has created themes for data analysis. It is made according to the themes created. According to the research, tourist guides have been affected negatively by the epidemic process economically, sociopsychologically and professionally. Economically, they expressed that they suffer from income losses and therefore have to do different things or spend their savings. They expressed that they experienced a socio-psychological disorder. Finally, they said they had to go to different professions while they loved their professions very much.

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