In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of travel motivation of domestic tourists visiting Gökçeada on their souvenir buying behavior. The study was designed with the quantitative research method and the questionnaire technique was used. In the study, a face-to-face questionnaire was applied to 384 domestic tourists who were reached by convenience sampling method. In the study, a questionnaire form consisting of three parts was prepared as a result of the examination of the relevant literature. Data collection was carried out between May 24 and September 15, 2021. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS Statistics 25.0 program. In the analysis of the data, T test and Anova analyzes were performed in order to measure whether there were any differences due to descriptive statistics, reliability and the normal distribution of the obtained data. In addition, correlation was used to measure the relationship between travel motivation and souvenir buying behavior, and simple linear regression analyzes were applied to measure the effect of travel motivation on souvenir buying behavior. According to the results of the analysis, it has been determined that the perception of travel motivation has a significant and positive effect on the behavior of purchasing souvenirs.