SELECTED ACADEMIC STUDIES FROM TURKISH TOURISM SECTOR

Associate Prof. Dr. Fatih Türkmen was born in Ankara, Turkey, in 1978. He com-pleted his graduation, postgraduation and doctorate in the field of tourism man-agement. He has published many articles in national and international journals apart from books on tourism. Türkmen is associated with the Safranbolu Tourism Faculty at Karabük Univer sity, Turkey, and is on a temporary assignment with the tourism department at Ahmet Yesevi University, Turkistan, Kazakhstan.

• List of Contributors .................................................................................................. 11 Abdullah USLU 1 Rural Tourism in Durbuy City .......................................................................... 15 Ahmet DUYAR and Ahmet AÇIL 2 Effects of Ecotourism Activities in Forests on the Soil .................................. 29 Bilal DEVECİ 3 Usage Areas of Salt Mineral and Its Varieties .................................................. 35 Ebru GÖZEN 4 Hotel Managers’ Metaphoric Perceptions for Smart Hotel ............................ 43 Ediz GÜRİPEK 5 Innovation in Tourism and Examples in Practice .......................................... 63 Emre AYKAÇ and Ömer Ceyhun APAK 6 Diaspora Tourism ............................................................................................... 71 Yasin DÖNMEZ and Sevgi ÖZTÜRK 7 Ecotourism and Geographical Information Systems Applications .............. 89 Emin ARSLAN 8 Gastronomy Tourism and Geographical Indications in Tokat ..................... 97 Mehmet TEKELİ and Ezgi KIRICI TEKELİ 9 Sustainable Gastronomic Tourism .................................................................. 113 Mehmet Mert PASLI and Evren GÜÇER 10 To Determine the Recreational Potential of Trabzon ................................... 135 Samet GÖKKAYA 11 Digital Transformation & Marketing in Tourism Industry ......................... 149 Hakan KENDİR 12 Cultural Heritage Tourism Inventory in Tokat Province ............................. 165Serdar SÜNNETÇİOĞLU 13 Effects of Digitalization in Tourism ................................................................ 177 Handan ÖZÇELİK BOZKURT 14 Climate Change and Tourism .......................................................................... 193 Irem BOZKURT and Enes YILDIRIM 15 Overtourism ...................................................................................................... 207 Kansu GENÇER 16 Qualitative Approaches for Tourism Research ............................................. 225 Mehmet CAN and Çağla ÜST CAN 17 Event Tourism ................................................................................................... 241 Mustafa Cüneyt ŞAPCILAR and Ahmet BÜYÜKŞALVARCI 18 The Effect of Nepotism ..................................................................................... 251 Serdar ÇÖP 19 Sharing Economy for Sustainability in Tourism ........................................... 275 Serdar EREN 20 Sustainable Tourism Criteria and Turkish Restaurants ............................... 285 Uğur CEYLAN 21 City Tourism and Kütahya ............................................................................... 293 Yeliz PEKERŞEN 22 An Overview of Creative Tourism Concept .................................................. 309 Yılmaz SEÇİM 23 Gastronomy Festivals in Turkey ...................................................................... 323 List of Figures .......................................................................................................... 335 List of Tables ........................................................................................................... 337