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
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Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
January 31, 2016
Submission Date
December 1, 2015
Acceptance Date
January 2, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 2 Number: 1