Abstract:

New travelers (tourists) of the modern world, wonder different and authentic things and can visit any destination with sufficient resources. However, the way to create a sufficient and sustainable tourism supply is possible by understanding and managing the expectations and demands of its own people as well as responding to the demands. Therefore, the knowledge of how much the quality of life of the local people, which is one of the most important stakeholders of tourism, is affected by tourism is one of the prerequisites for developing and managing tourism. In this context, this study, which is about the quality of life of the local people in Batman province, was carried out by face-to-face survey method with 387 people residing in the city center. After the data were arranged through a package program, regression, correlation and difference analysis tests were conducted for the purpose of the study. According to the findings obtained, it is understood that tourism in Batman affects the life quality of the local people positively in terms of certain variables. On the other hand, it is understood that it follows a mixed course in environmental and socio-cultural terms and the number of questions that are answered negatively is increasing. For example, men who interact more with the city due to socio-cultural variables think that tourism increases cultural cohesion, whereas individuals with a high level of education think that tourism causes cultural degeneration, especially for young people.

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