Türkiye’deki Siyasi Partilerin Turizm Politikalarının İncelenmesi: Parti Programlarına Yönelik İçeriklerin Betimsel Analizi
Analysis of Tourism Policies of Political Parties in Türkiye: Descriptive Analysis of Content for Party Programs

Summary/Abstract: Political parties can look at the country's problems from different angles and offer alternative policies to solve these problems. Tourism is one of the important sectors that contributes to the economic development of Türkiye, especially in terms of foreign exchange input and employment creation. The attitudes and discourses of each political party established in Türkiye towards the tourism sector are important in terms of contributing to the economic development of the country. In this study, the party programs of one hundred and nineteen political parties operating legally in Türkiye as of 01.01.2022 were examined and classified using a descriptive method through document analysis. The examined political party programs were classified into 3 levels as a result of coding and category operations. At the second level; It is classified in 4 categories as economic, social, environmental and cultural discourses. At the third level, the classification process was carried out in ten three categories. In the category of economic discourse; there are policies aimed at regional development, financial policies, health tourism, sustainability, promotion and marketing, tourist development. In the social discourse category, there are discourses on education policies,security, access to services, cooperation and unions, informal employment policies. In the environmental discourses category, there are environmental policies, and in the cultural discourses category, there are discourses on moral policies. When 34 party programs with tourism content are examined, it is seen that they contain 272 different policy proposals for tourism. The study provides a holistic perspective in seeing the attitudes of political parties towards the tourism sector. In addition, it is important for practitioners and researchers to contribute to the work of identifying the problems of the sector and creating solutions to the problems of the sector.

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