Rahatsızlık Endeksi Çerçevesinde Bodrum Sosyal Taşıma Kapasitesinin Belirlenmesi
Determination of Bodrum Social Carrying Capacity on the Discomfort Index Frame

Summary/Abstract: The acceptance of the plans and activities carried out for the sustainable rural tourism development by the local population is called the social carrying capacity, and shows the level of unaffected and the degree of tolerance of local people. The measurement of social carrying capacity at specific intervals is of great importance in terms of determining the support of local people in tourism development in the destination. For this reason, the aim of the study is to determine the social carrying capacity of Bodrum which is preferred by tourists and to reveal the level of discomfort felt by tourism development within the framework of Doxey's discomfort index. Face to face interviews were conducted with 365 participants using the survey technique. The data obtained from the interviews were analyzed through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and the relationships between the stages of rural tourism development were examined. As a result of the analyzes, it has been determined that the local people of Bodrum have two levels in terms of their social carrying capacity. While the participants in the level of “Excessive feeling”, looking at tourism development positively, other participants in the level of “Indigenous” see tourism development in Bodrum as an option that is more compulsory than it is required.

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