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
Köprülü Kanyon
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