Özet:

Tourism is an important sector that contributes to the overall economy in many ways. The studies in the literature generally focus on analyzing and forecasting of tourism demand, but the supply of tourism is rarely examined in both Turkey and other countries. In this context, the purpose of this study is to identify the supply of tourism, factors that affecting the supply and market structure in the case of Turkey, to develop some policy recommendations about development strategies of alternative types of tourism in order to increase the number of tourists, and also tourism revenues, to evaluate the feasibility of technological innovations with the help of two examples in terms of tourism that as an important component of the production function. In addition, some evaluations are made in context of Turkey's global competitiveness in tourism and some of the possible global risks that may arise in the future.

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