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Purpose of Study: The aims of this research are; determininig local community’s (in Fethiye area) awareness about effects of rural tourism and examining the applicability of rural tourism in this area by identifying how much people are eager and ready to take a part in rural tourism activities. Method: In this research semi-structured interview method was used as data gathering method. Findings and Results: In ınterviews that were done with locals it was seen that locals who work in tourism actively or were aware of the tourism activities in the area leaned toward to rural tourism but they were abstaining in running it in their living areas. Locals were aware that rural tourism solved the employment problem in rural areas and it diminished immigration from rural into urban. This study review of locals’ opinions on some subject about rural tourism. At this point, various projects to enable locals to join rural

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