Özet:

Dedegöl mountain which is located within the boundaries of the Yenişarbademli and Aksu district of Isparta province is an important natural environment to be seen with its unique lake and mountain scenery, vegetation, wildlife traditional villages and towns. This study intended to analyze spending of visitors who attended the Dedegöl mountaineering festivity which is carried out the seventeen years since and has become traditional and to determine the contribution their spending to the Isparta economy. 1716 people who attended Dedegöl Mountaineering Festivity which was conducted between May 25 to 26, 2013 constitute the statistical population. The data used in the study were obtained through a questionnaire prepared for the mountaineering festivity participants. Analysis of the data obtained, was performed by frequency distributions, the comparative frequency analysis the chisquare tests. As a result of the analysis, accommodation; food and beverage; souvenirs; grocery stores and other businesses spending of Dedegöl mountaineering festival participants are revealed. In the conclusion section, recommendations are presented for improving of this economic contribution

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