TOURISM IMPACTS and SUPPORT FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF PAMUKKALE IN TURKEY

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Ercan Sirakaya-Turk
Professor at University of South Carolina. His main research topics are tourism marketing and destination image.

Serkan Bertan
Assistant Professor at Pamukkale University, School of Tourism & Hotel Management. His main research topics are tourism management and destination marketing.

Volkan Altintas
junior fellow at University of Bonn Center for European Integration Studies.

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Tourism Impacts, Tourism Development, Pamukkale, Denizli, Turkey

Abstract

This study examines the relationship between residents’ perceived tourism impacts and their support for tourism development. The study was conducted on local residents of Pamukkale, an ancient resort town in the Aegean region of Turkey that is renowned for its thermal tourism resources in the world. To examine the relationship between variables, tourism impact domains were regressed against the support for tourism. The findings revealed positive relationship between tourism impacts and residents’ support for tourism development.

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Published
Sep 1, 2013
DOI https://doi.org/10.26215/tourismos.v8i2.357

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Issue
Vol. 8 No. 2 (2013)
Section
Research Papers
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