Selfie Turizmi ve Turizmde Selfie Kazaları Üzerine Bir Araştırma (Selfie Tourism and a Research on Selfie Accidents in Tourism)

Abstract

Nowadays, only parameters such as good service quality, hospitality, clean facilities and
delicious food are not enough for tourists to choose a destination, in addition to all these expectations, it is observed that they tend to prefer destinations that have areas where they can take selfies that will bring him many likes on social media. When these new preference trends are evaluated within the scope of tourism marketing, they are very important in terms of the advertisement of the destination and paved the way for the emergence of a concept
called selfie tourism. However, selfies made to get different photos; It can disturb other
tourists, damage historical artifacts, cause injuries or even deaths. From this point of view,
it seems important to examine selfie accidents in tourism. In this study, which examines selfie accidents in the tourism sector in the axis of the concept of selfie tourism, thirty-three selfie accidents that took place in digital media worldwide and experienced by tourists were
analyzed by content analysis method. In the news found, issues such as the country where the accident occurred, the age, gender and country of the tourists who had the accident, what the accident happened, the year in which the accident occurred, and whether the accident resulted in death were examined. It is thought that the study will contribute to the literature and future researchers.