Motivation and experience of tourists who prefer Airbnb in the sharing economy: Mardin case

In light of developing information technologies, Airbnb offers many advantages for tourists, it can be seen that it has a widespread usage network at the international level. Airbnb has become an important platform preferred by travelers around the world with its cost advantages and ease of use, in addition to being an online application that offers numerous options for tourists in terms of accommodation. Them aim of the thesis is to determine the motivations of Airbnb platform users in the sharing economy and to examine their post-use experiences. The qualitative method method was chosen for the field research of the thesis and the study was applied to domestic and foreign tourists visiting the province of Mardin. The analysis unit of the research consists of 25 participants, 9 domestics and 16 internationals, selected by purposeful sampling method.