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Local Food Availability In Menus Of Hotels: The Case Of Batman, Turkey, Dilek Ginigen, Bülent Aydın, Caner Güçlü
Local Food Availability In Menus Of Hotels: The Case Of Batman, Turkey, Dilek Ginigen, Bülent Aydın, Caner Güçlü
Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research
The purpose of this study is to find out the availability of the local dishes of the city of Batman in the menus of the accommodation establishments. Therefore, at first, the local dishes of this city were compiled via document analysis technique. As a result of this compilation, for the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the managers or head chefs of 13 accommodation establishments located in Batman. As a result of these interviews, it was revealed that none of the accommodation establishments include local dishes in their menus. Furthermore, other results presented that the visitors have a demand towards …