Title of article :
The Cittaslow philosophy in the context of sustainable tourism development; the case of Turkey
Author/Authors :
Ekinci، نويسنده , , Mehmet Behzat، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
Pages :
12
From page :
178
To page :
189
Abstract :
This paper studies the Cittaslow (slow city) philosophy in terms of sustainable tourism development (STD); and in this context research was undertaken for the case of Turkey. Cittaslow, a movement rooted in STD philosophy, aims to encourage the development of tranquil cities already known for their historical, natural, socio-cultural, and touristic features and the intention is to offer a significant contribution to systematic and rapid implementation of STD on a global scale. This paper, which makes a particular study of the practice of STD in Turkey, offers new candidate cities (Uzungöl, Hasankeyf, Safranbolu, Ürgüp, and İznik) and, thus, endeavours to contribute to the spread of STD throughout the whole country. In this study, above-named cities were found to be particularly good candidates for Cittaslow membership. In addition to these: Tatvan, Midyat, Alanya, and Fethiye were also found to be potential Cittaslows even though they fail to meet the population criterion.
Keywords :
Environment , sustainable development , Sustainable tourism development (STD) , Cittaslow philosophy , Tourism
Journal title :
Tourism Management
Serial Year :
2014
Journal title :
Tourism Management
Record number :
2332480
Link To Document :
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