Özet:

The Cittaslow movement is a movement aimed at preserving the properties and values of the cities. The Cittaslow movement aims to prevent many adverse effects, such as cultural corruption, natural damage and environmental pollution, which tourism can cause. In this way, the tourism view of the local people, which plays an important role in the development of tourism, will be positively affected. The study was conducted in the context of the Cittaslow movement with the aim of determining how the tourism perception in the context of the Cittaslow movement of the local people in Seferihisar and Gökçeada. A simple random sampling method has been used to make the choices equal when determining the sampling. By this method, in June-September 2017, a total of 454 participants, including 251 in Gökçeada and 203 in Seferihisar, were surveyed face-to-face with people. The study found that socio-economic factors have a great impact on the participants’ peaceful city perception, while the impact of environmental factors is less than expected. There was no distinct difference between the perceptions of Cittaslow and the people of Seferihisar. Both towns have found a positive view of Cittaslow in general. It has been shown that single participants are more satisfied with Cittaslow’s environmental and socio-cultural effects. In addition, the public sector employees have achieved a more positive assessment of their environmental impacts on private sector employees and trade.