Tourism Development In Turkey Research Articles

Turkey at the crossroads: a study of geopolitics and tourism re-alignment

ABSTRACT This article examines the development of tourism in Turkey. It focuses mainly on the relationship between the country’s shifting geopolitical alignment and the recent changes in the countries of origin of its international tourist clientele. The study outlines geopolitical aspects of tourism, highlighting how it can be part of government strategies to reflect shifting geopolitical alliances and relationships. In the case of Turkey, there has been something of a move away from Europe and NATO towards enhanced relations with Russia and China. The article draws on an analysis of official statistics, interviews with key stakeholders in the Turkish tourism sector and direct field observations at tourist sites.

Bone Marrow Transplantation and Medical Tourism at Erciyes University - A Single Center Experience

Medical tourism emerged when people were challenged with high costs and slow service in medical care. As a consequence of these issues, people started to look for medical treatment in other countries. Globalization accelerated the growth of medical tourism. Several “push” and “pull” factors play roles in the motivation of patients to become a medical tourist. This review addresses the different aspects of medical tourism in general, describes the development of medical tourism in Turkey, and describes experiences with medical tourism in the Bone Marrow Transplantation Center (BMTC) at Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. Since January 2016, an international collaboration has existed between BMTC and the King Hamed University Hospital (KHUH) in Bahrain. Ten allogeneic stem cell transplantations (SCTs) have been performed on patients from Bahrain with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), acute myeloid leukemia (AML), Hodgkin lymphoma, and myelofibrosis. Furthermore, ten autologous SCT have been conducted on patients from Bahrain with multiple myeloma (MM), Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), and non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In 2016, transplant-related mortality (TRM) at 100 days among Bahrain patients was 0% compared to 2.6% in all patients. Although these numbers are small, the first results show that the outcomes of international patients are similar to those of non-international patients. In our experience, the key to a successful collaboration between international hospitals is having close communication regarding the treatment of the international patient. The outcome of a large group of international compared with non-international patients should be further studied.

Governmental regulation of tourism development in Turkey: experience for Ukraine

Turkey has a high level of competitiveness and prerequisites for reaching the leading positions on the world stage of tourist services. It is a result of the effective state tourism policy, which ensures the stable functioning of the organized national market of the tourism industry. Therefore, the analysis of the state regulation of the tourism sphere based on the experience of Turkey is relevant and can contribute to the overcoming of the disadvantages and to the development of strong and unique aspects of tourism national market.The subject of research of the article is the state regulation of tourism in Turkey, which can become an example for the development of tourism in Ukraine. The goal is the analysis of the state regulation of the tourism sphere in Turkey and the development of proposals for improving the state tourism management policy in Ukraine. The objectives are to research the tourism development and the state regulation in Turkey and Ukraine, to determine the possibilities of adaptation of the Turkish Republic experience in practice of the domestic tourism. General scientific methods are used, such as system analysis – to determine the peculiarities of the state regulation of tourism in the Republic of Turkey and in Ukraine, comparative analysis– to characterize the recreational resources, tourism infrastructure, statistical analysis– to review the dynamics and patterns of the tourism development in Turkey and Ukraine.The following results were obtained: on the basis of the analysis the problem aspects and the priority orientations for the reorganization of mechanism of the state tourism regulation in Ukraine based on the experience of Turkey were identified. Conclusions: the experience of the state regulation of the tourism sphere in Turkey should be used as recommendations for determination of the modernized strategy of Ukraine in the world tourist market.

Impact of Direct Flights on Tourist Volume: Case of Turkish Airlines

Accessibility of a destination is an important factor affecting the volume of arrivals to a region. This paper discusses the role of direct flights in development of tourism in Turkey by analyzing Turkish Airlines (THY / TK). THY has transformed into a leading airline by number of international destinations served within the past decade. Parallel to THY, Turkey as a tourist destination also experienced a metronomic rise in international arrivals. Secondary data is used to assess the number of international arrivals to Turkey before and after her air connectivity with certain countries is established. Findings confirm that direct flights to/from generating regions have significant impact on number of arrivals to destinations. Considering availability of direct flights to/from a destination as an important determinant of momentum in tourism development, the cost-benefits analysis of new flight routes would be based on a more holistic approach rather than mere airline revenue and costs.

Growth impact of CO2emissions caused by tourist arrivals in Turkey

Purpose– The purpose of this study is to analyze the determinants of changes in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for Turkey by utilizing the autoregressive distributed lag approach to investigate the long-run equilibrium relationships of CO2emissions between foreign tourist arrivals (FTAs) and electricity consumption (ELC). The results reveal that foreign tourists and ELC are significant determinants of a long-run equilibrium relationship with CO2emissions from electricity and heat production and CO2emissions from transport for Turkey, respectively. The results of the conditional error correction models (CECM) confirm that there are long-run causal relationships from the growing number of foreign tourist arrivals and the increase of ELC toward the growth of CO2emissions during 1960-2010. The results of autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) error correction models for CO2emissions also validate significant dynamic relationships between CO2emissions, ELC and tourist arrivals in the short run.Design/methodology/approach– ARDL modeling and Bounds test approach were used in this study.Findings– Rapid tourism development in Turkey has triggered CO2emissions. The growth of CO2emissions in Turkey threatens sustainability. The hypothesis of “The growth of CO2emissions in Turkey” is validated. Tourist arrivals, ELC and CO2emissions are co-integrated. CECMs confirm the growth of CO2emissions during 1960-2010. ARDL modeling shows significant relationships between CO2emissions and other variables.Originality/value– Results of ARDL error correction models for CO2emissions validate the hypothesis that there are significant dynamic relationships between CO2emissions, ELC and tourist arrivals in Turkey for the short run.

International tourism, energy consumption, and environmental pollution: The case of Turkey

Abstract This study investigates the long-run equilibrium relationship between tourism, energy consumption, and environmental degradation as proxied by carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions in Turkey, which attracts more than 30 million tourists per year, making it the sixth most visited country in the world. The study results reveal that tourism and energy consumption are in a long-term equilibrium relationship with CO 2 emissions; in the tourism-induced model, CO 2 emissions converge to the long-term equilibrium path by a 91.01 percent speed of adjustment every year through the channels of tourism, energy consumption, and aggregate income. Further, the results of the impulse response and variance decompositions reveal that the reaction of energy consumption, and therefore CO 2 emissions, to changes in tourism development is positive and gains strength in the longer periods. This implies that tourism development in Turkey has resulted not only in considerable increases in energy use but also considerable increases in climate change, as demonstrated by the econometric analysis of this study.

The ways and the methods of government in tourism development in Turkey

The ways and the methods of government in tourism development in Turkey

The use of forests for the purpose of tourism: the case of Belek Tourism Center in Turkey

The main aim of this article is to examine and review the usage of forests for the purpose of tourism in Turkey with the case study of Antalya-Belek. The use and conversion of forest lands is central to tourism development. Land use change is responsible for the majority of the negative environmental impacts of tourism on natural resources. Worldwide, forests and coastal zones are converted for the construction of tourist facilities. The rapid emergence of mass tourism development in Turkey, encouraged without considering protection and sustainable use of natural and cultural resources, has resulted in serious problems in forest areas. This paper is particularly concerned with land use change in forests (or deforestation) created by the allocation of forest lands to build tourist facilities. In Belek, a tourism center located in Antalya province's coastal areas and the fastest growing destination of the country, all tourist facilities have been established in forest lands under the status of conservation forest. Today, the Belek Conservation Forest is under severe pressure from tourism.

Tourism Development in Turkey

Tourism Development in Turkey

Tourism situation and policy in Turkey

I. Let me review, in rather general terms, the past experience in the development of tourism in Turkey and the basic tenents of her future policy.