Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Travels

Ferika Ozer Sari; Nilgün Avci; Murat Nazli; Samet Can Curkan

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023), Manuscript

Vol. 13 No. 1 (2023)

Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Academic Travels

Manuscript

Published 2023-11-18

Ferika Ozer Sari⁺⁻
Nilgün Avci⁺⁻
Murat Nazli
Samet Can Curkan⁺⁻

Ferika Ozer Sari

Yaşar University, School of Applied Sciences, Department of Tourism Guidance

Nilgün Avci

Ege University, Çeşme Tourism Faculty, Department of Accommodation Management

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4746-8762

Murat Nazli

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0335-1706

Samet Can Curkan

Ege University, Çeşme Tourism Faculty, Department of Travel Management

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7245-4103

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Keywords

Tourism and travel
Academic travels
Academic events
COVID-19 pandemic
Virtual events

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to reveal the impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on the domestic and international travel activities of Turkish academicians for academic reasons and to get insights into academicians’ opinions about how this pandemic would affect academic studies by preventing travel and socialising. An email interview technique is used. Collected data were analysed by using MAXQDA Analytics Pro 2020. As a result of content analysis, 70% of the respondents declared that their academic travel plans were cancelled due to this pandemic. The study emphasised that virtual travels seem to increase accessibility and equality for many academicians, especially those with travel restrictions.

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