Abstract
Significance of tourism sector in Turkey is constantly expanding. Correspondingly the importance of the economic and socio-cultural impact of tourism also continues to develop. Because tourism draws tourists get into closer contact with the locals it has positive and negative effects on the destination. In general the aim of tourists is satisfying their expectations at the maximum degree during their stay. On the other side locals who live and work in the destination region have a primary role in welcoming them and satisfying the tourists’ needs and expectation. Turkish society is particularly well known for many generations as being very hospitable. Current research aims to reveal whether the young Turkish people sustain traditional “Turkish Hospitality” and to see their thoughts about tourists. The field research has been conducted on students of a foundation university located in Izmir and these young people’s point of view on tourists has been investigated by face to face interviews. It has been concluded that there is a weakening trend, nevertheless the notion of hospitality remains.
Highlights
Tourism industry has a growing importance for Turkey
As a consequence of these observations, this study aims to examine the tourist and hospitality notions of young Turkish people
This study seeks an insight whether young Turkish people sustain the notion of traditional “Turkish Hospitality” by seeking inputs based on their perceptions of tourists
Summary
Tourism industry has a growing importance for Turkey. The destination has been the ninth most visited country in terms of incoming tourists and seventh in terms of tourism revenue worldwide. Revenues from tourism have reached 20.8 billion dollars, tripling since 2000, when it had been 7.6 billion dollars (Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 2011). Tourism, which is of increasing importance day by day to the national economy, has been gaining importance culturally and socially. Some of the tourism researchers such as Butler in 1980, Doxey in 1975, Smith in 1989 and De Kadt in 1979 studied the regional tourism activities and the host-guest relationship De Kadt suggested three main categories of host-guest contact When tourists and locals come together for the main purpose of cultural exchange. The relationship between tourists and locals is reviewed in this paper
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