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Local Authorities Participation in the Tourism Planning Process

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

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Title Local Authorities Participation in the Tourism Planning Process
 
Creator SELCUK CAN, Ali; Internal Auditor, Office of Internal Audit,
Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ankara, Turkey
ALAEDDINOGLU, Faruk; Associate Professor, Dr., Department of Geography,
Faculty of Literature, Yuzuncu Yil University, Van, Turkey
TURKER, Nuray; Assistant Professor, Dr., Faculty of Economics and
Administrative Sciences,
Karabuk University, Karabuk, Turkey
 
Subject local authorities; tourism planning; land allocation; tourism master plan; land usage; Turkey.
 
Description The aim of this article is to explore the weaknesses and strengths of local authorities in terms of their participation in the tourism planning process in Turkey. A two-page questionnaire was applied, along with structured interviews with 71 administrators of metropolitan, provincial, and district authorities, between January 1 and September 31, 2011. The findings of the survey suggest that tourism planning responsibilities should be devolved to local authorities. Local authorities do not extensively participate in tourism planning at present because of inadequate budgeting and tourism allocation facilities, insufficient cooperation among stakeholders, and a domination of central administration traditions. Causes of insufficient participation in tourism planning statistically differ among local authorities, in terms of insufficient realizations of the importance of tourism planning by stakeholders, and public land allocation for the purpose of tourism. On the other hand, there is a statistically significant difference between local authorities that have a tourism master plan and those who do not, in terms of a lack of educational opportunities for planners.
 
Publisher Babes Bolyai University
 
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Date 2014-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/163
 
Source Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2014: Issue No. 41 E/February; 190-212
18422845
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/163/159
 
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