Abstract
Today, for the sake of gaining tourism revenues, culture, nature and historical values are being ignored especially in island countries. As a result, tourism activities in the country decelerate and even vanish in time. According to the current tourism understanding, tourists are curious about the historical and cultural structure, which reflects the spirit of the region, and plan their travels accordingly. In this sense, it is essential that sustainable cultural tourism policies are determined by people-government-civil society cooperatively. One of the first steps of this action is to determine the opinions and attitudes of local people on sustainable cultural tourism. In this paper, Nicosia, the capital city of Cyprus, was chosen as the research area and a survey was conducted with 100 people living in this area in order to measure their perception and attitudes on sustainable cultural tourism and preservation of cultural heritage. SPSS 24.0 statistical package program was used in analyzing the obtained data. Frequency, percentage and chi-square calculations were made. Based on the results of the study, it can be claimed that an environment should be created where people of Nicosia would participate in tourism activities and some plans should be made to realize such an environment.
Highlights
Tourism industry is one of the indispensable sources of revenue especially for societies living on islands
The viewpoint of local people who participated in the study concerning the development of tourism in Nicosia is positive at 70% level which shows that local people is willing and positive in making sustainable tourism active in the region
The attitude and opinions of local people concerning the popularization of sustainable cultural tourism in Nicosia are determined and it was observed that people have positive opinions concerning the development of cultural tourism in the region
Summary
Tourism industry is one of the indispensable sources of revenue especially for societies living on islands. Cultural tourism aims at visiting historical sites and museums, participating in the settings of local people, and tasting the traditional food in the region. Sustainable cultural tourism can be defined as tourism activities which aim at preserving natural, cultural and historical values and ensuring that future generations can benefit from these values based on the principle of usability. Cultural tourism gained considerable importance in the globalizing world. Today people give importance to their cultural travels and pay attention to know cultures other than their own. Tourism has three essential returns: economic, socio-cultural and environmental. It is seen that studies conducted so far have generally focused on economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism
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