The Effect of Tourist Guides’ Service Quality on Destination Image

It is clearly observed that tour guides and their service quality played a maj？r role destination in which tourists had experience. They leave a lasting impression in the minds of tourists who interacted with them. The main purpose of this study is to examine the effects of tourist guides’ service quality on the destination image. Besides, the relations between the quality of service and destination have been scrutinized. In addition, it has been researched demographic variables of visitors how statistically results on service quality and destination image, which are two main subject matter of our research, ensued. Another purpose of the work is to evaluate the different views to understand what to expect from the guides. In this work, it has been touched the researches which analyzed the training of tour guiding and the difficulties encountered by tourist guides as well. In the scope of the research, Konya, which welcomes many visitors due to the fact that it hosts the Mevlana Museum is one of the most visited museums in Turkey, has been selected as the application area. Our questionnaire, which is structured data collection technique, has been conducted on 400 domestic tourists representing the sample. As a result of the analyzes made, it has been observed that tourist guides’ service quality has a significant effect on destination image