TÜRKIYE’YE GELEN KRUVAZIYER TURIST VE GEMI SAYISI İLE TURIZM GELIRI ARASINDAKI İLIŞKININ İNCELENMESI
INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF CRUISES TOURISTS AND SHIPS AND THE INCOME OF TOURISM

Summary/Abstract: Marine tourism is one of the leading sectors that make significant contributions to both the regional and national economies for maritime countries. Marine tourism management includes different sub-fields and especially cruise tourism and yacht and marina management form the basis of marine tourism activities and incomes. In this context, it is thought that cruise tourism is one of the sectors that adds value to the country's economy as well as its contribution to the economic development of destinations. The aim of this study is to determine whether there is a statistically significant relationship between the number of cruise tourists and ships visiting Turkey between 2003-2018 and tourism incomes. According to the results of the study; It has been determined that there is a positive and significant relationship between the number of cruise tourists and tourism incomes at the 95% confidence interval. However, it is noteworthy that a similar relationship was found to be statistically insignificant in terms of the number of ships.

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