A Research on The Recreational Tendencies of University Students

Recreation is the whole of activities of modern society's individuals that are aimed at getting away from the pressures of the built environment, stress and routines of daily life, linking nature or just for enjoyment. Recreational preferences and trends vary depending on the socio-demographic characteristics of the individual and the recreational area characteristics of the surrounding environment. The recreational tendencies of students of Landscape Architecture students of Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, given that they have the potential to have a high level of awareness about the subject, types of recreational activities they perform and the frequency of participation in those activities are determined on the basis of motivating and restrictive factors related to recreational area characteristics within this study. For this purpose, a face-to-face interview was conducted with 138 students and the analyzes of the questionnaires resulted that the recreational tendencies of the participants showed statistically significant differences depending on gender, grade of education, income level and duration of stay in city of ？zmir