Tourism and governance in Turkey

Goymen K.

ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH, vol.27, no.4, pp.1025-1048, 2000 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Review
  • Volume: 27 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2000
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/s0160-7383(99)00127-9
  • Journal Name: ANNALS OF TOURISM RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1025-1048
  • Keywords: Turkey, globalization, governance, state involvement, actors (partners), public-private cooperation, political culture, PERCEIVED IMPACTS, SOCIAL IMPACTS, PERCEPTIONS, SPAIN, MODEL
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Tourism is speedily changing form, process, and structure. As a result of the globalization of its supply and demand, many countries have felt the need to reconsider related structures and processes, including the specific role of the state. This study indicates that tourism in Turkey developed in stages, constantly interacting with political, social,and economic components of the polity. During most of these stages, the state played a dominant role. But since the 80s, the dynamics of governance has triggered a gradual transformation from a basically state-sponsored and managed development to different forms of public-private partnership; a process curtailed, however, by the political culture.