Fundamental Evaluations on National Heritage-Oriented Integrative Tourism Policies

Year 2017, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 211 - 227, 31.12.2017

Yusuf Fırıncı

Abstract

The
structures of the societies have been under the threats of phenomenons like
globalization, materialism and 
degeneration. Also, there are observations like some of the tourism
development processes resulted tourism management implementations that
resembles to the enforcements of the colonization periods.  Therefore, it is essential to utilize
national memory and common cultural heritage constituents also in construction
of  national tourism policies for the
target of sustaining national unity. This study presents content analysis of
envisaged construction of tourism policies by evaluating the data, searched
from various policy examples of different societies. The need for protection
and strenghtening of national identity constituents and authentic national
charecteristics by integrating them to the national tourism policies is
emphasized. Also, suggestions on designing management mechanisms for the target
of  developing national tourism policies
are presented.

Keywords

National Heritage, Cultural Heritage, National Tourism Policies, Integrative Tourism Policies

Milli Miras Odaklı Bütüncül Turizm Politikaları Üzerine Temel Değerlendirmeler

Abstract

Toplumların
yapıları; küreselleşme, maddecilik ve yozlaşma gibi olguların tehditleri
altındadır. Ayrıca turizm gelişiminin, sömürgecilik dönemi icraatlarını
hatırlatan turizm yönetimi uygulamalarına yol açtığı tespitleri mevcuttur. Bu
sebeple, mili hafıza ve ortak kültürel mirası unsurlarından, milli birliği
sürdürmek amacı doğrultusunda milli turizm politikaları inşasında da istifade
edilmesi elzemdir. Bu çalışmada farklı toplumlardaki çeşitli politika örnekleri
araştırılıp edinilen veriler değerlendirilerek edilerek inşa edilmesi
tasarlanan turizm politikaları için içerik analizi yapılmıştır. Milli kimlik
unsurları ve özgün milli niteliklerin ulusal turizm politikalarına dahil
edilerek korunması, güçlendirilmesi ihtiyacı vurgulanmıştır. Ayrıca, milli
turizm politikaları geliştirilmesi amacı doğrultusunda tasarlanabilecek yönetim
mekanizmaları için öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

Milli Miras, Kültürel Miras, Milli Turizm Politikaları, Bütüncül Turizm Politikaları

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