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Where is Luxury Tourism Headed? A Conceptual Evaluation

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  • Burak Atasoy
Burak Atasoy
Sakarya University of Applied Sciences Graduate Education Institute

Published 30.03.2022

Keywords

  • Lux Travel,
  • Space Tourism,
  • Virtual Tourism,
  • E-spor,
  • Instagram
  • Lüks Turizm,
  • Uzay Turizmi,
  • Sanal Turizm,
  • E-spor,
  • Instagram

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Where is Luxury Tourism Headed? A Conceptual Evaluation. (2022). Elegest Elegeş, 2(1), 38-50. https://doi.org/10.64360/tjjwzn20

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Where is Luxury Tourism Headed? A Conceptual Evaluation. (2022). Elegest Elegeş, 2(1), 38-50. https://doi.org/10.64360/tjjwzn20

Abstract

The ever-growing demand for luxury travel, depending on the development of global economies, is a niche market on its own in international tourism. For this reason, countries, tourism regions and businesses are in a race in the design of products or services to meet the demand for luxury tourism. However, tourists who demand luxury tourism show some differences compared to other masses. In this context, research; It is designed to showcase current developments in the luxury tourism industry and explore what the market is waiting for. In the study, which adopted a qualitative approach, the document analysis technique was used. Scientific data has been obtained from academic studies, company documents, journals and declarations of various tourism organizations. The results revealed that many different types of luxury tourism experience have developed, as well as that tourists who demand luxury tourism care about their unique individual experiences. Suggestions made depending on the inferences were presented to the reader's information while the research was concluded.

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