Abstract:

The main objective of this research is to determine the general motivation levels for their career choices, by showing their views towards the institutions they see in tourism and education, which is one of the most important and developing sectors of today's Turkey. The sample of the study is made by students who are studying at the Manavgat Tourism Faculty of the Mediterranean University, which is the main mission of training qualified and outstanding elements in the tourism sector. In the study, a total of 213 applicable surveys were implemented and T-tests and ANOVA were used to analyze the data obtained and frequency tables were prepared. Analysis has found that students’ classes, departments, tourism faculty willingly choose influence the motivation levels. However, it has been determined that their gender and high schools they graduate have no meaningful impact on the motivations for the career choice.

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