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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155276603321

Titolo

Alternative Tourism in Turkey : Role, Potential Development and Sustainability / / edited by Istvan Egresi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-47537-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XVI, 362 p. 38 illus.)

Collana

GeoJournal Library, , 0924-5499 ; ; 121

Disciplina

338.47915610437

Soggetti

Human geography

Tourism

Management

Sustainable development

Regional planning

City planning

Culture—Study and teaching

Human Geography

Tourism Management

Sustainable Development

Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning

Regional and Cultural Studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: The history of tourism development in Turkey -- Chapter 2: Economic and social benefits of mass tourism development in Turkey -- Chapter 3: Negative impact of mass tourism development – problems with sustainability -- Chapter 4: Introducing alternative forms of tourism -- Chapter 5: Alternative tourism and sustainability -- Chapter 6: Public policy and sustainable alternative tourism -- Chapter 7: Marketing Turkey as an alternative tourism destination -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: the benefits, the costs and the implications of alternative tourism development in Turkey. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book takes inventory of and evaluates the available resources for



the development of alternative tourism in Turkey. It examines the role of alternative tourism in future tourism development plans and proposes public policies necessary to assure sustainability. Although tourism started later in Turkey than in the Western Mediterranean countries it has grown very rapidly during the last three decades and today the country ranks among the top ten countries in the world in terms of both arrivals and receipts. However, most of the tourism development has been in the mass tourism sector or the so-called sun-sea-sand tourism. While crucial for the economic development of Turkey, mass tourism, in the absence of proper planning, has happened in a haphazard manner leading to numerous environmental and socio-cultural problems. This book argues that, in order to mitigate these problems, Turkey should encourage the development of alternative forms of tourism.