Classification of the Most Preferred Destinations in 2020 By Digital Nomads in Nomad List According to Destination Selection Criteria Cover Image

Nomadlıst’de Dijital Göçebeler Tarafından 2020’de En Fazla Tercih Edilen Destinasyonların Destinasyon Seçim Kriterlerine Göre Kümelendirilmesi
Classification of the Most Preferred Destinations in 2020 By Digital Nomads in Nomad List According to Destination Selection Criteria

Author(s): Serpil KOCAMAN
Subject(s): Tourism, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Gazi Üniversitesi- Turizm Fakültesi
Keywords: Digital Nomad Tourism; Digital Nomad Destination; Nomad List;

Summary/Abstract: In the COVID-19 process, there is a serious increase in the rate of remote working in the world, and this increases the number of digital nomads that are becoming more popular every year in the world. Used by more than 1 million people in 2020, nomad list.com has become the most preferred platform for digital nomads for both destination selection and communication networks. The purpose of this study is to analyze the data in the Nomad List to determine how the top 20 most preferred digital nomad destinations are clustered in 2020 and to define cluster profiles according to cluster averages. K-means cluster analysis was used in the SPSS program for the data obtained through Nomad List in the study. When the cluster analysis was analyzed and the means were compared. The analysis yielded three clusters as high-tolerance-luxury digital nomad destinations, low-tolerance-economic digital nomad destinations, and high tolerance-economic digital nomad destinations.

  • Issue Year: 5/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 799-815
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Turkish, English