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Özgür Davras is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Tourism Management. His educational background includes a Licentiate in Tourism Management from Mediterranean University (1998), a Master's in Tourism and Hotel Management from Akdeniz University (2013), and a Doctorate in Tourism Management from Mediterranean University (2017).
His research focuses on tourism dynamics, including consumer behavior in hospitality, destination management, service quality optimization, and crisis management in tourism. Key areas include adventure tourism, gastronomy festivals, pandemic impacts on hospitality, and cultural tourism economics.
Davras has led two major research projects: (1) Elektronik Ağızdan Ağıza İletişimin Turistik Satın Alma Davranışına Etkileri (2021-2022), examining electronic word-of-mouth in tourism decisions, and (2) Isparta Yerel Ekonomik Kalkınma Vizyonu 2018 (2018-2019), analyzing tourism's role in regional development. He has supervised four graduate students on topics ranging from destination branding to pandemic-era tourism behavior.
His recent publications emphasize asymmetric service impacts, pandemic recovery strategies, and experiential factors in adventure/cultural tourism. Methodologically, he frequently employs structural equation modeling, market segmentation, and three-factor theory frameworks.
