Alternative Tourism in Turkey Role, Potential Development and Sustai
This book takes inventory of and evaluates the available resources for the development of alternative tourism in Turkey. It examines the role of alternative tourism in future tourism development plans and proposes public policies necessary to assure susta
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Istvan Egresi Editor
Alternative Tourism in Turkey Role, Potential Development and Sustainability
GeoJournal Library Volume 121
Managing Editor Daniel Z. Sui, College Station, USA
Founding Series Editor Wolf Tietze, Helmstedt, Germany
Editorial Board Paul Claval, France Yehuda Gradus, Israel Sam Ock Park, South Korea Herman van der Wusten, The Netherlands
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6007
Istvan Egresi Editor
Alternative Tourism in Turkey Role, Potential Development and Sustainability
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Editor Istvan Egresi Department of Geography Fatih University Istanbul Turkey
ISSN 0924-5499 GeoJournal Library ISBN 978-3-319-47535-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47537-0
ISSN 2215-0072
(electronic)
ISBN 978-3-319-47537-0
(eBook)
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To my wife, Florentina, for her priceless and unconditional support.
Preface
This edited book seeks to inventory and evaluate the available resources for the development of alternative tourism in Turkey. We will also examine the role of alternative tourism in future tourism development plans and will propose public policies necessary to assure sustainability. We do not mean to argue for the replacement of mass tourism with alternative tourism. Mass tourism has played an important role in the development of the country and, given its scale, cannot be replaced by alternative tourism operations which, by definition, are much smaller in size. We see alternative tourism not as an “alternative” to mass tourism but rather as “complementary” to the mass tourism system, a way to reduce the effects of seasonality, to bring more benefits to the local communities and to
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