Özet:

In the tourism sector, various methods are used to investigate the demand for countries. The aim of this study is to investigate the tourism demand to Turkey for the period 1984 - 2014 from the selected countries by the Apparently Related Regression (GIR) method. The countries that send the most tourists to Turkey, such as the UK, the German Independent States Community and Iran, have been selected to investigate the tourist demand for Turkey. The traditional demand model has been used to explain the demand for tourism to Turkey from these countries. According to the results obtained, it seems that the demand for the tourism price index in Turkey has not been explained meaningfully. Another result in the study shows that the increase in the price index of the competing countries does not increase the tourism demand for Turkey. Furthermore, the increase in the income level of the countries sending tourists generally increases demand. Furthermore, it seems that the price is a determining factor while choosing alternative countries for holiday in countries with low income per person.