Abstract:

The Blue Growth Strategy is based on the philosophy that more value can be achieved than being managed together instead of managing different maritime activities, such as fishing, maritime tourism, blue energy, seafood mining and blue biotechnology separately. The aim of this study is to evaluate the blue growth strategy in terms of coastal and maritime tourism of Turkey. The research quality is based on the archive/document scanning technique from research methods. As a result, in 2019, approximately 20 million tourists arrived on the coast of Turkey, the Mediterranean and the Egean Sea, and the sea tourism facilities welcomed 300,000 tourists and gained $5.9 billion in income from sea tourism. In Turkey from the blue growth sectors, marine tourism and water products cultivation activities are carried out, while limited activities in the field of blue energy, blue biotechnology and seafood mining are concerned. Turkey in half-shaped form can provide more economic added value and employment than its blue growth potential.

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