Euro Bölgesi'nde yaşanan borç krizinin Türk turizmine etkileri

Abstract

The main aim of this paper is to show the effects of ongoing economic and financial crisis, which first manifested itself in 2008 globally and spread to Europe in 2009 and 2010, seen in EU and Euro Zone on Turkish Tourism .In this respect, the number of tourist arrivals from EU and departures to EU are comperatively examined. By interpreting and analysing the statistics, it is observed that the ongoing government debt, budget deficit and the value of Euro have made tourists prefer Turkey and the Republic of Northern Cyprus. The number of Tourist arrivals, therefore, has largely risen in 2011 and 2012. This number has reached 5 million people with %13,5 increase in the first quarter of 2013 and this increase is expected to continue in 2014 and 2015.