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Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

2023

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Learn From The Past, Covid-19 And Beyond: The Case Of Türkiye, Gül Erkol Bayram, Ali Turan Bayram, Melike Sak Dec 2023

Learn From The Past, Covid-19 And Beyond: The Case Of Türkiye, Gül Erkol Bayram, Ali Turan Bayram, Melike Sak

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The tourism sector has a delicate balance that is affected by its era. Political, economic, sociological problems and events affect the course of tourism, and when necessary, they can stop tourism movements. Epidemics affect tourism negatively. Covid-19 has a very different feature in terms of its effects on world tourism. In this context, the study examines the effects of Covid-19 on world and Turkish tourism. Within the scope of the study, related literature was reviewed, the effects of Covid-19 on world and Turkey tourism were examined with a qualitative approach. As a result, it can be expressed that travel restrictions …

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Evaluation Of Street Foods By Tourism Stakeholders: The Case Of Batman, Hasan Önal Şeyhanlıoğlu, Berat Utku Becerikli Dec 2023

Evaluation Of Street Foods By Tourism Stakeholders: The Case Of Batman, Hasan Önal Şeyhanlıoğlu, Berat Utku Becerikli

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The aim of the research is to reveal the perspective of tourism stakeholders in Batman province on street delicacies. For this purpose, data were collected from 21 local stakeholders in Batman province by semi-structured interview method, which is one of the qualitative data collection techniques. The data of the study were obtained between 25.10.2023 and 25.11.2023. The data were analyzed with the help of the MAXQDA program. It was concluded that the participants had knowledge about Batman’s street delicacies. Another result of the research is that there are problems in the promotion and marketing of street delicacies. According to another …

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The Assessment Of Digital Reviews By Foreign Visitors To Goreme Open Air Museum Within The Concept Of Cultural Tourism Destination, Egemen G. Tukenmez Dec 2023

The Assessment Of Digital Reviews By Foreign Visitors To Goreme Open Air Museum Within The Concept Of Cultural Tourism Destination, Egemen G. Tukenmez

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Cultural tourism is one of the most demanded types in tourism system by visitors and people tend to experience and witness historical and unique attractions of different types of destinations. Open-air museums constitute one of the structures that attract attention, especially for foreign visitors, within the scope of cultural tourism. With the development of technology and the increase of different channels in online travel platforms, people who visit open air museums begins to write comments about their experiences via these structures. In these comments, they possess different features of the open-air museums and factors that positively and negatively affect the …

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The Effect Of Destination Image Between Place Attachment And Cuisine Brand Value: Beyağaç Culture And Tarhana Festival, Tuğçe Koştur, Serkan Bertan Dec 2023

The Effect Of Destination Image Between Place Attachment And Cuisine Brand Value: Beyağaç Culture And Tarhana Festival, Tuğçe Koştur, Serkan Bertan

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While meeting the food and beverage needs of the visitors participating in the festival, highlighting the elements of local cuisine is an important tool in promoting the culinary culture. The aim of this research is to measure the mediating effect of destination image on cuisine brand value and place attachment. Data were collected from visitors who participated in the Beyağaç Culture and Tarhana Festival with a questionnaire. The obtained data were analyzed with partial least squares structural equation modeling. In this context, according to the results of the research, it has been determined that the destination image has a mediating …

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Effect Of Influencers On The Intention To Taste Local Food And Beverages, Yeliz Demir, Serkan Bertan Dec 2023

Effect Of Influencers On The Intention To Taste Local Food And Beverages, Yeliz Demir, Serkan Bertan

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The study aims to determine the impact of influencers promoting local food and beverages on individuals’ intention to taste local food. In this study, Instagram accounts were selected as the social media platform. The research data were obtained from Turkish Instagram users over the age of 18 by using an online survey and purposive sampling method, and usable data were obtained from 81 people. Of the participants, 56.8% stated that they follow Instagram accounts related to gastronomy, and 43.2% stated that they do not follow these social media accounts but look at the photos and videos of gastronomy accounts when …

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An Indispensable Spice In Multicultural Hatay Cuisine: Sumac, Ibrahim Cekic Jun 2023

An Indispensable Spice In Multicultural Hatay Cuisine: Sumac, Ibrahim Cekic

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Hatay is an ancient city that has hosted dozens of civilizations in the history. Today, this city, which includes different ethnic groups, has a rich culinary culture shaped by cultural interactions. Spices are among the basic components of this cuisine. Locust powder, nutmeg, mahaleb, fennel, dried basil, cajun, Samandag’s red chili powder, zahtar, and sumac are among the most used spices in Hatay cuisine. This study was carried out to determine the traditional consumption patterns and uses of sumac, which is one of the spices identified with the gastronomic identity of Hatay. In this context, a semi-structured interview form consisting …

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Bibliometric Analysis Of Academic Publications On Tourism And Humor, Omur N. Timurcanday Ozmen, Songul Gokhan Jun 2023

Bibliometric Analysis Of Academic Publications On Tourism And Humor, Omur N. Timurcanday Ozmen, Songul Gokhan

Journal of Mediterranean Tourism Research

The aim of this study is to examine academic publications related to tourism and humor by using bibliometric analysis method. Research data were collected using the Elsevier Scopus bibliometric database. In this context, 90 data, including articles, papers and book chapters at international level, were found in the search carried out on Scopus. Maxqda 2022 package program was used to analyze and visualize the obtained data. As a result, it was observed that publications on tourism and humor were relatively few between 1989 and 2007, and an increase in the number of publications between 2019-2022. The majority of publications are …

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Stakeholder-Based Problems In The Local Benefit Chain Of Tourism: A Study In Adıyaman, Elif Arica Jun 2023

Stakeholder-Based Problems In The Local Benefit Chain Of Tourism: A Study In Adıyaman, Elif Arica

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The geographical movement of large human societies is the phenomenal phenomenon of our time. This mobility is also a social event, and the cause-effect relationship has an impact area extending from the individual to the general. Similarly, tourism as a system is complex. Each element constituting this system operates on the axis of different purposes and processes and affects the tourism system. Based on this starting point, this study aims to examine tourism development problems in Adıyaman. In the research, data were collected from eight (8) tourism stakeholders between 05.01.2022 and 15.02.2022 by semi-structured interview method. The data were analyzed …

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Space Tourism As A New Experience: A Research On Gen-Z, Osman S. Sesliokuyucu, Ruveyda Koc, Ahmet Ozturk Jun 2023

Space Tourism As A New Experience: A Research On Gen-Z, Osman S. Sesliokuyucu, Ruveyda Koc, Ahmet Ozturk

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Space tourism will start to attract more attention in terms of the fact that tourist areas in the world are becoming more ordinary day by day, and in this process, it offers a new experience area to users of Gen-Z. In this context, the existing literature needs to reveal the perspective and intention to use Gen-Z, a newly developing field in parallel with the developments that constitute an important potential user group in this process. This study aims to reveal the factors that affect the intentions of Gen-Z tourists to avoid space tourism within the framework of the push-pull-mooring (PPM) …

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