%0 Journal Article
%T Consideration of Hygiene and Sanitation in Turkish Baths in terms of Tourist Health: Antalya Province Example
%A D¨¹riye BOZOK
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%D 2018
%X Turkish baths are an indispensable part of social life in Turkish society. Turkish baths are regarded as a cultural heritage with their unique traditions and architecture, and in that they are a source of inspiration for arts and literature. They are spaces where many social events related to entertainment, marriage, and birth, as well as spiritual and bodily cleansing, take place. Although they have undergone some changes through the historical process, today, they also continue to be relevant and maintain their continuity. Turkish baths, which have an essential place in the social life of the Turkish community, receive a great deal of attention from foreign tourists. However, Turkish baths, which are visited to recover health, have great importance on protecting human health. This can be achieved with the proper and adequate implementation of hygiene and sanitation practices, and with regular inspections. This study was made to determine the attitudes of traditional Turkish baths to hygiene and sanitation practices for domestic and foreign tourist health. In the present study, at first, face-to-face survey method was carried out with 210 tourists using the Turkish baths located in the city center of Antalya. As a result of the reliability analysis of the used scale, Cronbach's alpha value was found as 0.812, meaning very reliable. Besides, a qualitative assessment based on observations was made in the Turkish baths, in the scope of the study.Thus, the attitudes related to hygienic rules were attempted to determine in Turkish bath enterprises located in the city center of Antalya. The most important result of the study is that hygiene and sanitation-related attitudes of Turkish bath enterprises are insufficien
%K T¨¹rk Hamam£¿
%K Hijyen
%K Sanitasyon
%K Turist Sa£¿l£¿£¿£¿
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/usb/issue/34533/419894