%0 Journal Article
%T Examination of Academic Researches on Tourism Guidance Department
%A Beril D£¿nmez
%A Derya Toks£¿z
%A Gizem £¿apar
%J -
%D 2018
%X Purpose and Importance: In order to reveal the progress of tourism guidance, in this research national theses on Higher Education Board (YOK), international theses on Proquest, the national articles on National Network Center and Information Center (ULAKBIM) and Google Academic database, international top ranking 35 articles on Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), conference papers submitted in National Tourism Congress and Graduate Tourism Student Research Congress are examined. Besides, papers on 1st Tourism Guidance Congress held on 2018 April and articles on Journal of Tour Guiding which published the first issue on 2018 June were examined. Upon examining the literature it is noticed that researches examining tourism guidance department are limited with national basis and no research examining the department on international basis. Hence, this research is thought to be important for filling this gap. Methodology: The research is designed as a conceptual study. Bibliometric technique was used to evaluate secondary data. Bibliometry is a technique used in various disciplines to illustrate the evolution of the field. Findings: As a result of reviews, 40 national theses, 51 international theses and 32 national articles, 71 international articles and 41 international conference papers were analyzed with frequency analysis, word cloud analysis and graphs. It was found that of 91 theses were written in the field of tourism guidance. Comparisons of published journals between 2005-2017 years it was revealed that articles most commonly published (3 article) in Journal of Bal£¿kesir University Social Sciences Institute hovewer, it was found that in Journal of Tour Guiding which published its first issue in 2018 June, there are 5 articles as well. International articles were published mostly in 2013 in Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism. Besides, within the scope of the papers examined, it was determined that the highest number of studies (58 papers) were presented at National Tourism Guidance Congress. The most studied topics in the theses, national articles and papers were determined as role, education, service, occupation. Originality/Value: In terms of the results obtained in this study is thought to be important for the researchers in their field related studies as it provides wide-range of source regarding the mostly searched topics and implications about the topics that might be searched. Also it is thought that this paper has a unique value for containing the international researches on the field that were not included in the previous studies
%K Turizm
%K turizm rehberli£¿i
%K turist rehberi
%U http://dergipark.org.tr/tured/issue/41276/476497