Executive perceptions of tourists regarding the waste tendencies

Tourism generates a high degree of employment worldwide and It is a significant sector that provides economic income. Hotel businesses have an important position in this sector. There is a major problem affecting the efficiency, workflow and development of hotel businesses. This problem, too, is waste. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the perceptions of hotel business managers regarding the waste tendencies of tourists. Presenting the consumption behaviors and habits of tourists in a certain framework, presenting information about waste effectively, developing the tourism literature on the consumption behaviors of tourists, consumption in traditional and halal concept hotel businesses (food and beverage consumption, energy consumption, water consumption, use of consumables, obtaining relevant information (such as time use etc.) is important in terms of tourist behavior and therefore tourism. The tourism sector has a people-oriented structure. In order to obtain a high share of tourism revenues, tourists should be given importance and care. At this point, determining the consumption behaviors of tourists in order to obtain the satisfaction and loyalty of the tourists, following appropriate strategies, bringing suggestions and solutions against adverse events or situations, ıt is important to create / develop plans, projects and applications, and to create an infrastructure for new studies on consumption behaviors. The method of this research is qualitative research method; The data collection tool is the interview technique. The obtained data were analyzed with content analysis, descriptive analysis and NVivo program. While forming the universe of the research, traditional and halal concept hotel businesses; The sample consists of traditional and halal concept hotel businesses located in Antalya. As a result of the research, it is revealed that there are many waste tendencies of tourists coming to traditional and halal concept hotel businesses, and these waste tendencies show similarities and differences according to each other. After the conclusion of the research, suggestions are made to various individuals and institutions.