Research Article

Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency

Volume: 2 Number: 1 January 31, 2016
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Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency

Abstract

Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) entered Turkey’s agenda in the years of 2000, 26 agencies have been established from 2007 to 2015 in context of “Law on the Establishment, Coordination and Duties of Development Agencies” (The Act No.5449). RDAs are semi-independent institutions established as a structure from the central government. The RDAs have main purpose which is to develop regional economy, implement regional plan, programs and strategies, to support regional enterprises, to support project for the near future of private sectors, to search and provide new financial solutions to the new demand. The purpose of the present study is to examine RDAs’ tourism projects, programs and strategies in regional and/or nation-wide. Through content analysis data were collected from Development Agencies’ 2013 reports. In order to develop tourism in their region, RDAs give priority to tourism type, what kind of events they attend, and / or what kind of events they organize, which tourism projects they give support are analysed and made the general assessment.


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Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Taşkın Karakuş This is me

Publication Date

January 31, 2016

Submission Date

December 1, 2015

Acceptance Date

January 2, 2016

Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Demir, Ş. Ş., & Karakuş, T. (2016). Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research, 2(1), 30-39. https://doi.org/10.24288/jttr.202829
AMA
1.Demir ŞŞ, Karakuş T. Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research. 2016;2(1):30-39. doi:10.24288/jttr.202829
Chicago
Demir, Şirvan Şen, and Taşkın Karakuş. 2016. “Evaluation of Tourism Activities in Regional Development Agency”. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research 2 (1): 30-39. https://doi.org/10.24288/jttr.202829.
EndNote
Demir ŞŞ, Karakuş T (January 1, 2016) Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research 2 1 30–39.
IEEE
[1]Ş. Ş. Demir and T. Karakuş, “Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency”, Journal of Tourism Theory and Research, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 30–39, Jan. 2016, doi: 10.24288/jttr.202829.
ISNAD
Demir, Şirvan Şen - Karakuş, Taşkın. “Evaluation of Tourism Activities in Regional Development Agency”. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research 2/1 (January 1, 2016): 30-39. https://doi.org/10.24288/jttr.202829.
JAMA
1.Demir ŞŞ, Karakuş T. Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research. 2016;2:30–39.
MLA
Demir, Şirvan Şen, and Taşkın Karakuş. “Evaluation of Tourism Activities in Regional Development Agency”. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research, vol. 2, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 30-39, doi:10.24288/jttr.202829.
Vancouver
1.Şirvan Şen Demir, Taşkın Karakuş. Evaluation of tourism activities in Regional Development Agency. Journal of Tourism Theory and Research. 2016 Jan. 1;2(1):30-9. doi:10.24288/jttr.202829