| Summary: | The purpose of this research is to determine the attitudes of students studying tourism guiding towards their profession. In this regard, after the literature has been reviewed, a survey has been implemented to 298 students, studying tourism guiding at the Tourism Faculty of Balıkesir University, to determine their attitudes towards their profession. The surveys have been carried out face-to-face between September, 7th and October 23rd, 2015. Percentage and frequency distribution of collected data have been made. Also, Mann – Whitney – U analysis has been conducted to determine whether there is a difference between their opinions and the genders of the students, their will at the time of choosing this department, their level of having knowledge about this profession before they were enrolled to this department. Kruskal – Wallis analysis has been conducted to determine whether there is a difference between their opinions and the grade of the students, the high school they graduated from. As a result of this research, it has been determined that the students are willing to perform the profession of tourism guiding. Also, it has been found out between that the student’s attitudes towards guiding profession is more positive; who chose tourism guiding department willingly, who had knowledge about this profession before; and who are at the first class
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