The effects of the risks perceived by tourists in destinations during international trips on their revisit intentions: A research on Alanya district

Tourism is the sector on which the global effects in politics, natural disasters, health and especially economic crisis may ocur. This situation affects negatively the economy of the underdeveloped countries whose main income is from tourism. The intentions of the international tourists who want to avoid the risks and uncertainy force the tourism marketing personnel to produce alternative marketing strategies. Especially the directors of destinations search for the tourists? perceived risks and their effects.In this research the perceived risks of the tourists who come to Alanya district of Antalya which has a serious marketing of holiday tourism in Mediterrance Region have been tried to be designated and the effects have been measured. The questionairre research was applied to 559 people in Alanya in july and august 2010. In the research, t test, variance analysis, correlation and regression analysis were applied for factor analysis of perceived risks and the strategies of risk reduce and for the hypothesis measure. In the conclusion, the risk level in Alanya for participants have been designated and their effects on the tourists? revisit intentions have been measured.