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Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.37741/t.70.3.4

Dependence of the Turkish Tourism Sector on Five Countries of Origin and Tourism Demand

Volkan Kaymaz


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Abstract

Abstract Because of its fragile structure, tourism is a sector where tourist arrivals fluctuate, and competition is high. Tourism demand is changing rapidly according to many different factors. Most of the tourist arrivals to Turkey are from European countries. This paper analyzes the relationship between tourist arrivals from countries of origin and basic macroeconomic variables in the period between 2010-2020. The study, which uses the Autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) boundaries testing approach, shows that tourist arrivals interact with key macroeconomic variables such as exchange rate and unemployment rate. This situation reveals the necessity of eliminating dependence on certain countries in the tourism sector and turning to different markets.

Keywords

tourist arrivals; tourism demand; unemployment; exchange rate, consumer confidence; ARDL model

Hrčak ID:

279103

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/279103

Publication date:

13.6.2022.

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