Abstract:

Adventure tourists are tourists, whose behaviors are constantly changing as part of the adventure tourism experience and are constantly seeking for more risky travel experiences. The relation between adventure tourist’s sensation seeking with their activity preferences which are paragliding, scuba diving, surfing, rafting, canoeing, camping, skiing/snowboarding, rock climbing, trekking and tour bike in Turkey were examined. Thus, sensation seeking, level of arousal, recreational behavior characteristics and demographic characteristics of adventure tourists participating in adventure activities were revealed. Quantitative research method was preferred in the research, and the data were collected by survey technique. 1246 data were obtained from adventure tourists who were selected by convenience sampling method using sensation seeking scale. As a result, it has been revealed that adventure tourists differ in sensation seeking according to their preferred activities, recreational behavior characteristics, and demographic characteristics.

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