8th International Gastronomy Tourism Studies Congress, Aydın, Türkiye, 17 - 20 Ekim 2024, ss.150-151
Tourism
industry is one of the most important service related industries of Türkiye. It
generated 54 billion US $ in 2023 with 16.9% increase compared to the year 2022
(TURKSTAT, 2024). Türkiye’s GDP in 2023 is 1.1 billion US $ and the share of
tourism industry is 5 % (STATISTA, 2024).
Increasing
revenue from tourism related sectors is of great importantance especially for
current account balance. Since service export revenue from tourism industry in
total has direct contibution to the balance of payments, all researches and
studies which analyze the industry and its components in order to get insights
and have policy implications contribute to the public finance and Turkish
economy as well.
The
mechanisms and methods to improve the performance of the tourism industry in
total and its components support Turkish economy. Thus, this study aims at
determining the existance and strength of foreign capital in accommodation and
gastronomy sector in order to make references which make contribution to the
whole industry.