Abstract:

The study includes a research aimed at discovering the use of quality data collection and evaluation techniques aimed at identifying students’ views and perceptions of tourism. The research was conducted in the University of Trakya to identify the perceptions of tourism by the students of the Department of Economics who took the selection of tourism economics in the spring period and to determine whether the perceptions show a significant difference depending on gender, type of high school graduated and whether they have a relationship with the tourism sector. The results of the study have been determined by four sub-dimensions (factor) by factor analysis. The findings are highlighting that their students’ perceptions of tourism are positive and that their perceptions differ according to the variable of being their links with graduated high school and tourism. There was no gender difference in the lower dimensions of the tourism perceptions. The research results show that the course of Tourism Economics results in training significantly affect students’ knowledge accumulation and sensitivity in the subject of tourism. The most important contribution achieved is the understanding of the economic impact of the tourism sector at a high level, the need for economic growth and development.

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