Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Journal of Disaster and Risk, cilt.7, sa.1, ss.86-107, 2024 (Scopus, TRDizin)
Since hotels are fixed immovable properties, they are constantly under threat from disasters. In addition, tourists' desire to stay away from disaster-affected areas also causes economic harm to the tourism sector. For this reason, hotels especially located in areas with high disaster risk should increase their disaster resistance levels. In this context, the main purpose of the study is to determine the general disaster resistance of Ministry-certified three, four and five-star hotels operating in the Thrace Region (Çanakkale, Edirne, Kırklareli and Tekirdağ), as well as the level of resistance to the Covid-19 Pandemic, which is a current problem. In line with the determined limitations, 81 hotels operating in the Thrace Region were determined as the research population. Within the scope of the study, 62 hotel managers out of 81 hotel managers reached online or face to face participated in our survey. In addition to the disaster resilience scale developed by Brown et al. (2019), participants were asked questions to determine the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic on hotel businesses. T-tests and ANOVA were used in the statistical analysis of the data obtained. As a result of the study measuring the resistance level of hotels against disasters and the resistance level against the Covid-19 Pandemic; It has been observed that the size and category of the hotel, working time in the accommodation sector and managerial experience positively affect the level of resilience of hotels to disasters.