The spatial distribution and relationship of tourist flow in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorKhan, Ashfaq Ahmad
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-29T16:11:29Z
dc.date.available2024-09-29T16:11:29Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentKarabük Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractTourism is considered as back bone of Turkish economy with its greater share in GDP than many other economic sectors of the country. Present research is sought to analyse the spatial association and distribution of foreign and domestic tourist inflows in 81 provinces of Turkey through exploratory spatial data analysis (ESDA) technique. ESDA is one of very useful Geographic Information System (GIS) based spatial statistics techniques to analyse spatial patterns, identification of hotspots and visualization of spatial association among variables. Analysis of global Moran's I statistics results into a positive value that indicates presence of spatial autocorrelation among neighbouring provinces with high(low) number of both foreign and domestic tourist arrivals during years 2000-2016. This depicts positive and negative autocorrelation of places with geographical similarities and dissimilarities over the space. Moreover, Moran's significance maps help indicating hotspot areas of high and low tourist arrivals where high clusters are found in western coastal areas and lower clusters are associated to eastern inland areas. Furthermore, Moran's scatterplot analysis highlights the regional disparities within the country in terms of tourism development. This polarized spatial pattern of tourism is associated with differences in economic development and resource allocation between western and eastern provinces. This study is significant for policy makers by providing insights into spatial distribution of tourist flows for better resource allocation and management of hotspot areas. Besides, it also helps private sector and tour operators for economic utilization of tourist clusters and hotspots. (C) 2018 Varna University of Management. All rights reserveden_US
dc.identifier.endpage55en_US
dc.identifier.issn1994-7658
dc.identifier.issn1314-0817
dc.identifier.startpage40en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14619/8482
dc.identifier.volume19en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000444036600003en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherVarna Univ Management-Vumen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Tourism Researchen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectTourism distributionen_US
dc.subjectExploratory spatial data analysisen_US
dc.subjectSpatial Autocorrelationen_US
dc.subjectHotspotsen_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleThe spatial distribution and relationship of tourist flow in Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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