Abstract:

In this research, it is aimed to determine the family behavioral change of tourists, in the direction of what has been identified during the tour and how to families traveling with family relationships are intended to reveal the factors that reflected. The sample of this study constitutes domestic tourists participating in cultural tours in the Eastern Black Sea in April - June 2014. Opinions on the research of domestic tourists were investigated under the dimension of emotional ties, the decision-making stage and the constraints of family vacation. As for research purposes primarily a conceptual framework for holiday tourism and family vacation were made out and then results of the research conducted on 386 domestic tourists were discussed. Finally, some limitations of the study has emphasized and some suggestions were made for the future research. The vast majority of domestic tourists participated in the survey said they are previously on vacation and 1 or 2 times per year went on vacation. Participants stated that they generally pleasant and spend quality time with family while traveling and all family members while on vacation stated that they decide jointly to do something, but tensions within the family during the holidays not to get out of middle

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