...Sebahattin Emre Dilek; David A. Fennell Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the hotel selection preferences of vegetarians in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach The questionnaire used in this study had four main sections: animal and environmentally friendly hotel attributes...

...Dr Fevzi Okumus ,Prof. Dr Muhsin Kar ,Dr Yasin Bilim; Ahmet Bulent Ozturk; Ozgur Ozer; Uğur Çaliskan Purpose – The purpose of this study was to determine the local residents’ attitudes of tourism in Kusadasi, Turkey. In addition, the relationship between residents’ attitudes toward tourism...

... Turkey Religious tourism marketing Turkey continues to maintain its trend in increasing tourism numbers. The number of foreign visitors to Turkey increased approximately 10 per cent from a year earlier to around 34.9 million in 2013, and Turkey kept its position to sixth place for the past three...

... were gathered through self‐administered questionnaires. A sample of 723 frontline hotel employees in Turkey serves as the study setting. Findings The study results show that organizational support is more effective in differentiating between high‐ and low‐performing frontline employees in the case...

... in the Southwest part of Turkey to gather data from Turkish hosts (service providers) and European tourists. Two stepwise regression analyses were conducted to assess the magnitude of the relative impact of several variables on job satisfaction for hosts and trip satisfaction for guests. Findings Although...

...Cevat Ertuna; Zeliha Ilhan Ertuna Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of news shocks on the growth rate of German and British tourist arrivals in Turkey. Design/methodology/approach This research utilizes GARCH as a detection device to distinguish the sensitivity of German...

... hospitality industry. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was conducted among the full‐time employees of five‐star hotels in the Antalya region, which is an important tourism destination especially for Europeans and Russians in Turkey. Findings The research model, which was structured...

...Metin Kozak; Juergen Gnoth; Luisa Andreu; Maria D. Alvarez; Meral Korzay Purpose The purpose of this paper is to help to understand the influence of the media and political issues in the perceptions of Turkey as a tourism destination. The study is conducted from the perspective of Spanish people...

... British tourists visiting Bodrum, located in south‐west part of Turkey, in the summer of 2004. Respondents were asked to indicate in which respects they had noticed any significant differences in comparison to their previous vacations in the same place. The attributes found to be better and worse than...

... as one important type of tourism. In this article, congress tourism movements are examined in the world and in Turkey. Developments, the important countries, cities, and efforts related to this subject have been investigated. Meeting Congress Tourism Turkey Discussion Forum Evaluation of Congress...