The Importance of Environment for the Tourism Sector Of Trnc Within The Context of Environmental Issues of the Mediterranean Region

Okan Safakli ()
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Okan Safakli: Yakin Dogu Üniversitesi, Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi, Isletme Bolümü

Ege Academic Review, 2001, vol. 1, issue 2, 11-19

Abstract: The basic aim of this study is to emphasize the importance and necessity of the environment for the tourism sector of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) within the context of environmental. issues of the Mediterranean region. There are many types of tourism such as sea tourism (sea-sand-sun), ‘congress tourism‘, ‘health tourism‘, ‘yacht tourism‘, ‘cave tourism‘, ‘mountain tourism‘, ‘farm touris’, ‘hunting touris’, ‘golf touris’, ‘caravan touris’, ‘religion tourism’ and ‘history tourism’. It is almost impossible to offer any type of tourism product without taking the environmental factors into account. Ýn direct relation to this fact, the environment itself determines the types of tourism that a country may offer to visitors, ‘eco-tourism‘, ‘sea tourism’, ‘mountain tourism’, and ‘farm tourism’ are some examples of this. Furthermore, there are types of tourism, which cannot be provided without specific environmental elements such as ‘health tourism’, and ‘history tourism’. In conclusion, the environment should be protected, enriched, managed and shaped according to needs of the tourism sector in order to maximize and stabilize the benefits derived. It is the environmental consideration, which carries a great deal of importance far TRNC, because the tourism sector has been selected as a locomotive industry that is expected to give incentive and drive for the development of other Ýndustries. Ýn this study, firstly the importance of tourism far the world economy will be explained. Then, the relationship between tourism and the environment will be examined. In the third and remaining sections, environmental problems of the Mediterranean region and TRNC will be analyzed. Furthermore, recommendations will also be made to solve these problems and increase the comparative advantage of the sector in order to obtain maximum benefit

Date: 2001
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