Research Article

The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions

Volume: 19 Number: 1 May 1, 2019
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The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions

Abstract

Tourism is one of the most affected sectors in the economy by terrorist attacks that have been increasing dramatically in all over the world. This study aims to investigate the effects of terrorist attacks on domestic and foreign tourism demand in Turkey. In terms of terrorist activities both the frequency degree and severity degree are taken into account as determinants of demand. The empirical analysis covers the time period between 2001-2015 and all 26 NUTS-II regions in Turkey. The model considers the possibility of spatial dependency because of clustering patterns of the tourists’ destination preferences and employs Spatial Error-Fixed Effects Panel Model.

Our findings indicate that the severity degree of terrorism has distortion effects on tourism preferences unlike the frequency degree. We also find that though the distorting effects of terrorism are more significant for domestic tourists compared to foreign tourists. The control variables such as income level and exchange rates are found to be more significant determinants for foreign demand rather than domestic demand. Finally, there is strong and positive spatial effects on foreign tourists’ preferences toward Turkey’s tourism destinations.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Economics

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

May 1, 2019

Submission Date

April 11, 2018

Acceptance Date

December 16, 2018

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 19 Number: 1

APA
Çelik, N., & Karaçuka, M. (2019). The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi, 19(1), 204-222. https://doi.org/10.25294/auiibfd.559403
AMA
1.Çelik N, Karaçuka M. The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi. 2019;19(1):204-222. doi:10.25294/auiibfd.559403
Chicago
Çelik, Necmettin, and Mehmet Karaçuka. 2019. “The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions”. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi 19 (1): 204-22. https://doi.org/10.25294/auiibfd.559403.
EndNote
Çelik N, Karaçuka M (May 1, 2019) The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi 19 1 204–222.
IEEE
[1]N. Çelik and M. Karaçuka, “The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions”, Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 204–222, May 2019, doi: 10.25294/auiibfd.559403.
ISNAD
Çelik, Necmettin - Karaçuka, Mehmet. “The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions”. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi 19/1 (May 1, 2019): 204-222. https://doi.org/10.25294/auiibfd.559403.
JAMA
1.Çelik N, Karaçuka M. The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi. 2019;19:204–222.
MLA
Çelik, Necmettin, and Mehmet Karaçuka. “The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions”. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 1, May 2019, pp. 204-22, doi:10.25294/auiibfd.559403.
Vancouver
1.Necmettin Çelik, Mehmet Karaçuka. The Effects of Terrorist Attacks on Destination Preferences of Domestic and Foreign Tourists: A Spatial Analysis for Turkey’s NUTS-II Regions. Akdeniz İİBF Dergisi. 2019 May 1;19(1):204-22. doi:10.25294/auiibfd.559403

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