USE OF URBAN AIR MOBILITY TECHNOLOGY IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM AND RECREATION

Authors : Özge YAVAŞ TEZ, Pınar GÜZEL GÜRBÜZ, Melike ESENTAŞ DEVECİ

Pages : 14-33

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Publication Date : 2022-07-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :UAM technologies, also known as the flying car, which is shown as the future of aviation, are planned to be used in the field of recreation and tourism in the near future. Therefore, in this study, the attitudes of leisure participants towards the acceptance and use of urban air mobility insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(UAM); technologies in the field of tourism and recreation were examined in terms of socio-demographic variables. 270 leisure participants participated in the research. Data were collected with the Urban Air Mobility Acceptance and Use Model Scale. As a result, a statistically significant difference was found between the variables of gender, age and education level and the sub-dimensions of the UAM scale. There was no statistically significant difference between the monthly total income, flight purpose and flight frequency variables and the sub-dimensions of the UAM scale. In addition, the study is one of the few examples in the literature.
Keywords : technology, urban air mobility, flying car, recreation, tourism