SECOND HOME OWNERS PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

Abstract

The aim of the study is to identify second home owner's perceptions towards environmental effects. Also it's aimed to reveal their perception about sustainable environment to understand better whether their perception about environmental effects is satisfactory or not. In this study, a qualitative method was applied on the sample group consisted of second home owners in the village of Erikli, Kesan in Bay of Saros. The problems were identified after investigating related studies on environmental effects in the literature and gathering opinions of researchers who conducted studies on perceptions towards environmental effects and then a semi-structured interview questionnaire was formed. The data was examined using qualitative descriptive analysis and meta-analysis. As a result, it has been found that second home owners perceive environmental effects negatively and they are not aware of their negative effects on the sustainable environment while they are realizing what the sustainable environment means