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The purpose of this thesis is to determine how materialism, cultural values and personality traits factors thought to be related with status-based tourism consumption as based on the literature affect it. In addition that, the study aims to determine whether the status-based tourism consumption behaviors differ by the descriptive characteristics of the tourists. In this context, a survey administered to 650 domestic and foreign tourists who visited Turkey and stayed in 10 hotels located in the provinces of Istanbul and Antalya and received an award as part of the 2018 World Luxury Hotel Awards. In line with the data obtained from the study, it was determined that the vast majority of the participants tended to be based on status-based tourism consumption behavior and this behavior was affected by cultural values and personality traits. In addition, a moderate and positive correlation was found between status-based tourism consumption behavior and cultural values and personality traits. Finally, it was observed that the status-based tourism consumption behaviors of the participants differed by age, education level, professional status, monthly income, and nationality variables. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]