ARDAHAN, Faik Akdeniz University - School of Physical Education and Sport - Recreation Department, Turkey

In Antalya: The Factors Causing People to Go to the Village Café, the Place of Origin Café and the Cafés of the City Center

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The purpose of this research was to determine the reasons leading individuals to visit the Village Cafés (VCS), City Center Cafés (CCC) and Place of Origin Cafés (CCS). There were in total 300 participants in three group each of 100 participants. The questionaire form was of two parts, firstly the demographic variables and secondly concerning the reasons which caused participants to go to these localities. In assessing this data both descriptive statistic methods and the One-way ANOVA test were employed, and the results assessed according to a 0.05 level of significance. A five-point Likert scale was used, the range, “1=strongly disagree” to “5=strongly agree”. As a result of this study, it can be concluded participants living in the city have the possibility to go to cafés have a recreational advantage, and they spend more money and much more time on their recreational life than the other participants. The participants prefer inactive leisure activities like watching TV, resting at home and family togetherness; the reasons for going to cafés were friend-focused, being with friends, eating/drinking/playing something with them. But in the village there was a lack of recreational alternatives and the men have to go the VCS, and they prefer inactive leisure.

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Village Café , Place of Origin Café , City Center Cafés , Recreation , Antalya

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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