Türkiye’de Turizm ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisi Üzerine Bir İnceleme (A Study on The Relationship Between Tourism and Economic Growth in Türkiye)

Abstract

Tourism has an important place for both developed and developing economies. Considering the fact that tourism revenues affect economic growth, it reveals the contribution of tourism to the development level of the country. As a service sector with economic, social and cultural components, tourism includes many gains such as foreign exchange inflow to a country, employment of qualified human resources, and international competitiveness. Indeed, the increase in demand for tourism in Türkiye, as in the world, reveals the importance and necessity of the development of tourism potential. When the increasing share of tourism revenues in providing the financial resources that countries need in their service delivery is added to this, determining policies for the development of tourism and implementing sustainable policies become more important than ever. Accordingly, this study, which aims to explain the direction of the relationship between tourism revenues and economic growth in Türkiye, examines the relationship between economic growth and tourism in Türkiye between 1995-2020 using the ARLD method. Based on the basic finding obtained in the study that tourism increases economic growth, some policy recommendations for the development of tourism in Türkiye are presented in the conclusion section.