International Ataturk Alatoo Univetsity

Subject :Turkey In World PoliticsTopic: The Role of Tourism of Turkish Economy

Lecturer: Ibrahim KoncakStudent: Saida Umarova

Group:IR-4

The Role of Tourism of Turkish Economy

Tourism’s Importance in Development

• Tourism is an important economic activity• Over 700 million people traveled to a foreign

country in 2000, spending more US$ 478 billion.

Location

Progress of Turkish tourism

26 times increase

31.4 million

10.4 million

5.3 million

1.2 million

2011

2000

1990

1980

Number of Tourists

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Turkish tourism representatives expect to increase this year’s annual income over $35 billion by hosting more than 42 million tourists, despite Europe’s economic problems and conflicts in neighboring countries.

Travel and tourism sector, contributing $7.6 trillion to the global GDP in 2014, was the fourth largest sector after mining, financial services and retail respectively.

The government has played an important role in developing Turkish tourism over the past 20 years. Government incentives in the 1980’s provided finance from the construction along the south coast which increased bed capacity from 50.000 to 700.000.

Today the government’s main role is to co-ordinate the work of various public and private sector organizations and facilitate tourism investments and infrastructure developments by giving incentives such as bank loans at low rates of interest to open up new areas for tourism investment such as golf and activity complexes

Importance

“The maximization of foreign exchange earnings is a high priority for country and in developing countries it is often the primary objective of tourism policy. Tourism earnings are often the most effective, or even the only way to produce the foreign exchange needed for the import of goods and services essential for national economic growth”

Wheatcroft, S. (1998

TOURISM TYPES

Types of tourism such as youth, health, golf, gastronomy are increasingly having an important role.

Tendecy to responsible tourism is increasing.

It is foreseen that cultural tourism will achieve growth more than international toursim by the year 2020.

CULTURE / CITY TOURISMHistorical and Cultural Richness

13 big civilizations and historical and cultural values belonging to 3 big religions

171 ongoing archaeological excavation

Museums (Topkapı Palace Museum, Hagia sophia Museum, Zeugma archaeological Museum, Mevlana Museum, Archaeologicak Museum, Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ethnography Museum, Boğazköy Museum, Yesemek Outdoor Museum, Turkish and Islamic art Museum, Chora Museum, Ephesus Museum, Birgi Çakırağa Residence)

TURKEY TOURISM PRODUCT

11 sites in UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List :

Historic areas of İstanbul, Göreme National Park and Cappadocia, Divriği Mosque and ve Darüşşifa,Hattuşaş– Boğazköy, Mount Nemrut,Pamukkale – Hierapolis, Xanthos – Letoon, Safranbolu Homes, Truva Antique City,Mosque Selimiye and Social Complex, Çatalhöyük Neolithic City

37 sites in UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Temporary List

CULTURE / CITY TOURISM

İstanbul

Basilica Cistern, Istanbul

Alanya

Olympos

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