DESTINATION ATTRIBUTES IN THE EYE of THE LOCAL PEOPLE

Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 2 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2013
Yayıncı: Kastamonu Üniversitesi

The aim of the study is to determine the attributes of a destination that is believed to pull tourists by the local people. Attributes that attract tourists to a destination in literature are obtained from tourists’ view. In this study, the pull attributes are obtained from local people’s view. In this sense 295 local people were asked about the attributes that is thought to attract tourist to the destination. 18 attributes and four dimensions are derived which are facilities and atmosphere, locality, historicalreligious-natural places and, image. The most important attributes are historical places, religious places, the villages, the climate and the entertaining facilities.

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Destination attributes, local people, pull factors, destination

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