Özet:

The main objective of this research is to reveal the attitude of the local people to the tourism phenomenon and their activities, which are still in the retirement stage and have many alternative species. In this direction, the universe of research, which has a practical qualification, is formed by the local population of Sorum. The research has made it difficult because the chance to reach the whole universe has gone to the way of taking samples. The survey technique has been used to collect data from the samples identified in the research framework. In the analysis of the data, it has been taken advantage of imaging analyses, independent sampling t-test, anova test and tukey test. The results of the analysis have found that there are differences in attitudes towards tourism according to some demographic characteristics in economic, social and environmental terms. In addition, according to the findings obtained, it has been found that the local population of Zorum has a positive attitude towards the development of tourism at a high level.