Evaluation of Sustainable Development of Tourism in Selected Cities in Turkey and Poland

Sultan Sevinc Kurt Konakoglu, Maria Hełdak, Banu Cicek Kurdoglu and Joanna Wysmułek
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Sultan Sevinc Kurt Konakoglu: Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Amasya University, Amasya 05100, Turkey
Maria Hełdak: Department of Spatial Economy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland
Banu Cicek Kurdoglu: Department of Landscape Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon 61080, Turkey
Joanna Wysmułek: Department of Spatial Economy, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, 50-375 Wrocław, Poland

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-15

Abstract: The paper analyses the sustainable development of tourism in selected cities located in Turkey and in Poland. The starting point for the conducted research was the adoption of indicators used to assess the sustainable development of tourism in the cities of Amasya (Turkey) and Zakopane (Poland). Ultimately, the authors used slightly modified indicators developed by the Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability in Tourism (VISIT). The studies demonstrated that in Amasya the development of tourism is quite stable and revealed quite a lot of deficiencies in Zakopane. Sustainable development was assessed as poor in terms of environmental obligations, in particular waste water management solutions and municipal waste management as well as in terms of water consumption. The research revealed that some of the indicators were not recorded in central statistical offices, which hindered the assessment considerably. This refers mainly to indicators related to social and cultural considerations. In general, the results are rather surprising, as the analysis revealed significant differences in the development of technological infrastructure and land use intensity. Unfortunately, in these aspects, Zakopane seems to have lost the competition.

Keywords: sustainable development of tourism; environmental consideration; Voluntary Initiative for Sustainability in Tourism (VISIT); Amasya; Zakopane (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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