In this study, it was aimed to determine the satisfactions of customers staying in thermal hotels on furniture design in thermal hotels. To this end, a 42 questioned survey prepared by the researchers was conducted among participants to measure the satisfaction of customers on furniture designs in the thermal hotels they stayed in Afyonkarahisar. The research population included all of the thermal hotel customers in Afyonkarahisar; but the sample constituted all the customers volunteered to respond to the survey. Only two thermal hotel customers participated in the survey. Aforementioned survey was applied to 300 customers staying in these thermal; however, only 125 of them returned the survey.. Student's t test was used to find out if there are any differences in answers to the questions according to the gender or disability of the participants. One-way variation analysis (ANOVA) was applied to establish the differences in answers from the point of education level groups of the participants and their purpose of visit to the hotel. As a result of factor analysis, 6 factors emerged with eigenvalues greater than 1.
Gunumuzde egitim ve kultur duzeylerinin yukselmesi ile demografik yapida meydana gelen degisimler turizm turlerine yonelik talebi de etkilemektedir. Okuyarak, arastirarak dunya gorusleri degisen gunumuzun modern insani bos zamanlarini bozulmamis bir dogada gecirmek istemekte ve dogaya dayali olarak yapilan aktiviteleri tercih etmektedirler. Afyonkarahisar, bulundugu cografik konum itibariyle dogal alanlar acisindan oldukca onemli bir yere sahiptir. Ilde bulunan Tarihi Milli Park, Tabiat Parklari, Yaban Hayati Gelistirme Sahalari, Avlaklar, Tabiat Anitlari, ve Tabiati Koruma Alani ekoturizm icin onemli kaynaklardir. Bunlar disinda, ozel statusu olmayan alanlarda da ekoturizm faaliyetlerinin yapildigi gorulmektedir. Afyonkarahisar’da yapilan ekoturizm faaliyetleri incelendiginde one cikan faaliyetlerin basinda trekking gelmektedir. Ozellikle doga dernekleri veya benzer kuruluslar tarafindan farkli bir cok guzergâhda doga yuruyusu faaliyetleri gerceklestirildigi bilinmektedir. Bununla birlikte Afyonkarahisar’da doga turizmi faaliyetleri genellikle yerli halk tarafindan gerceklestirildigi, disaridan yeterince talep gormedigi anlasilmaktadir. Ziyaretcilerin, trekking basta olmak uzere piknik yapma, kamp yapma ve dogaya dayali spor aktivitelerini gerceklestirme amaciyla Afyonkarahisar’a geldikleri gozlemlenmistir. Bundan yola cikarak bu calismanin amaci Afyonkarahisar’da yasayan ve bos zamanlarinda trekking, magara turizmi, kus gozlemciligi gibi ekoturizm turlerine katilmayi tercih eden bireylerin profillerini belirlemektir. Bu amacla hazirlanan anket sorulari herhangi bir gruba bagli olarak veya olmadan doga aktivitelerine katilan bireylere uygulanmistir. Ozellikle Afyonkarahisar’a yonelik olarak boyle bir calismanin bulunmamasi nedeniyle, arastirmanin literature katki saglamasi beklenmektedir.
Cocuklarin kendileri icin hazirlanmis kitaplardaki karakterleri dusunus ve davranis olarak ornek aldiklari, baska bir ifadeyle onlarla aynilestikleri soylenebilir. Bu bakimdan cocuk kitaplarinda yer alan karakterlerin, cocugun etrafinda gorebilecegi, her an rastlayabilecegi gerceklikte resmedilmesi onem tasimaktadir. Hayata dair hazirlayici bir konumda yer alan cocuk kitaplarinda yasli karakterlerin nasil ve ne olcude yer aldiginin onemli oldugu dusunulmektedir. Bu baglamda calismada “Cocuklar icin yazilmis kitaplarda yasli karakterler nasil yer almaktadir?” sorusunun cevabi aranmistir. Calismada dokuman analizi deseni tercih edilmis ve kurgusunda yasli karakterler barindiran ve cocuklara yonelik hazirlanmis hikâye ve roman turunde on dort kitap incelenmistir. Calismanin veri kaynagini olusturan kitaplar once betimsel analize ardindan icerik analizine tabi tutulmustur. Calisma sonucunda cocuk kitaplarinda yasli karakterlerin bireysel kisilik ozellikleriyle degil, toplumsal konumlariyla yansitildigi gorulmustur. Incelenen kitaplarda yasli kadin karakterler daha cok fedakârlik ve torunlarinin bakimini ustlenme gibi geleneksel toplumsal gorevlerle resmedilirken, yasli erkek karakterler ise daha sevecen ve daha disa donuk bir gorunumle yansitilmistir. Bu bakimdan cocuk kitaplarinda yasli karakterlerin yansimalarinin toplumsal cinsiyet algisindan ciddi anlamda etkilendigi tespitini yapmak mumkundur.
It can be stated that children model themselves on the characters in terms of mentality and behavior, in the books prepared for them. In this regard, picturing the characters, which take place in children’s books, well and displaying them at a level of reality that children can see or come across around their environments any time have importance. The examination of to what extent and how elderly characters take place in children’s books, which have a life preparation status, is believed to have significance. In this context, the answer for the question of “How should elderly characters be displayed in the books written for children?” was searched. Since the purpose of the study is to analyze the ways the elderly characters are presented in children’s books; document analysis pattern was preferred. In the study, 14 stories and novels, which include elderly characters in their fiction and were prepared for children, were analyzed. Books constituting the database of the study were first exposed to descriptive analysis, then to content analysis. As a result of the study, elderly characters in children’s books were observed to be reflected with their stations, instead of their personality characteristics. While the female elderly characters in the books examined were described with traditional social tasks such as sacrifice and taking care of grandchildren; male elderly characters were pictured as more affectionate and extraverted. In this respect, it is possible to confirm that the reflection of elderly characters in children’s books was significantly influenced by gender perception.
