Özet:

In this study, we have been trying to identify the alternative tourism potential of Elazığ and the local people’s alternative tourism perception. The data is collected through the survey. The examples of the research were determined by the easy sample method from the local population in the Elazığ province. T Test and Varians Analysis (ANOVA) has been conducted to determine the local population’s alternative tourism perception. Analysis has shown that local people have differences in the perception of alternative tourism with the reputation of various demographic characteristics. The local people's alternative tourism perception shows differences in gender, civil status, age, educational status, income, occupation and residence periods. The results of the study are believed to be beneficial primarily to tourism entrepreneurs, to local and national decision makers, to academics who are thinking of working in this field in the future, and finally to the local public, which is an important stakeholder.

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