Alternative Tourism in Turkey

Part I. Setting the Context

1. Globalization, Mass Tourism, and Sustainable Development
Istvan Egresi

2. History of Tourism Development in Turkey
Medet Yolal

3. Tourism and Sustainability in Turkey: Negative Impact of Mass Tourism Development
Istvan Egresi

Part II. Introducing Alternative Tourism

4. Alternative Tourism: Definition and Characteristics
Istvan Egresi

5. Nature-Based Tourism in Turkey: The Yayla in Turkey’s Eastern Black Sea Region
Faruk Alaeddinoğlu, Mehmet Şeremet

6. Geotourism in Turkey
Gülpınar Akbulut

7. Between Traditional and Modern: Thermal Tourism in Turkey
İsmail Kervankıran

8. Great Potential of the Colourful Cultural Heritage of Turkey: Ethnic Tourism
Vedat Çalışkan

9. Festivals as a Short-Duration Tourism Attraction in Turkey
Gökçe Özdemir

10. Religious Tourism in Turkey
Nuray Türker

11. Dark Tourism and Its Potential in Turkey
Nedim Yüzbaşıoğlu, Yunus Topsakal

Part II. Introducing Alternative Tourism

12. Medical Tourism
Emine Yilmaz Karakoc

13. Shopping and Tourism in Turkey: The Perfect Combination
Istvan Egresi, Serdar Arslan

14. Local Gastronomy: A Tasty Tourist Attraction in Turkey
Istvan Egresi, Meryem Buluç

15. Geography of Turkish Soap Operas: Tourism, Soft Power, and Alternative Narratives
Necati Anaz, Ceyhun Can Ozcan

16. The Role and Potential of Halal Tourism in Turkey
Fikret Tuna

17. Post-Fordism, Alternative Tourism and Sustainability
Istvan Egresi

18. Beyond Fordism and Flexible Specialization in Antalya’s Mass-Tourism Economy
Pieter Terhorst, Hilal Erkuş-Öztürk

19. An Alternative View of Ecotourism with a Specific Reference to Turkey
Nazmiye Erdoğan, İrfan Erdoğan

20. The Challenges on Sustainability of Alternative Forms of Tourism
Ferhan Gezici, Güliz Salihoğlu

21. Community-Based Tourism as Sustainable Development
Hazel Tucker

22. Public Policy and Sustainable Alternative Tourism
Fatma Gül Turanlıgil

Keywords: Social Sciences, Human Geography, Tourism Management, Sustainable Development, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Regional and Cultural Studies