PurposeInteractions between local people and guests/visitors are the main elements of tourism experience. And local festivals, considered as a significant part of festival tourism, are quite important in this context. Though many studies have been conducted about interaction between local residents and guests tourists, emotional solidarity remains as a concept which has not yet been studied much in tourism literature on local festivals. The aim of this study is to examine emotional solidarity in tourism festival literature and to determine the relationships between perceptions of local people related to social impacts of festivals and emotional solidarity they feel for guests/visitors.Design/methodology/approachIn line with this purpose, a quantitative approach was adopted, and 19th weaving, culture and handicrafts festival held in Buldan was chosen to be studied as it is an important festival for local people dwelling in Buldan, Denizli province located in Aegean Region in Turkey. The study data were obtained through questionnaire method conducted with Buldan residents during the 19th festival (June, 28th–30th, 2019). The sample was determined with random sampling method.FindingsThe data were analyzed via factor and regression analyses. As a result of factor analysis, social impacts of the festivals were grouped under 6 factors (under 3 subfactors of social benefits: communal benefits, cultural–educational benefits, social unity benefits; under 3 subfactors of social costs: concerns related to social resources, concerns related to life quality and concerns related to social order).Practical implicationsLocal people's perceptions of social impacts of festivals must be determined in order to find their impacts on emotional solidarity, and deficiencies must be remedied. Local governments who organize festivals to invigorate local economies usually try to attract more visitors with the purpose of maximizing economic impacts of festivals, and this is done without placing much importance on the social problems and social change that may arise in the future (Crandall, 1994).Originality/valueRelationships were determined between emotional solidarity and residents' perceptions towards social and cultural–educational benefits as well as their concerns related to social resources and life quality.
In tourism industry, attitudes and behaviors of hospitality businesses' employees who are in direct and continuous communication with guests constitutes a critical importance for the sector. Therefore, attitudes and behaviors developed by employees towards the organizational culture they are in, must be monitored and necessary measures to prevent possible conflicts must be taken. In this study, Çelik's (2007) Organization Culture Scale and Rahim's (1983) Organizational Conflict Scale have been utilized to determine the effects of organizational culture on organizational conflict and applied on 226employees who work at a five star hospitality business in Antalya. Organization culture has been found to be influential on all personal, group and group identity conflicts as a result of the study.
Tourism is defined as a sector that has the feature of continuing development and growth since its emergence In addition to being an important income generating sector for countries. The development of tourism and the increase of people's leisure time intensifies tourism. The intensive realization of tourism causes millions of people to interact every year. This interaction takes place between the tourist and the people in the tourist area. The intertwining of societies also reveals some effects. Effects of tourism on societies; It is divided into environmental, social, economic and socio-cultural impact. The aim of the study is on the socio-cultural effect of tourism. Tourism has many positive and negative socio-cultural effects on society, from traditions to lifestyle. Interacting with thousands of different tourist profiles every day, especially in touristic destinations that are intertwined with tourism, can cause the people in the region to be influenced by the culture of the tourists at a certain level. The intensity and lowness of the effects are related to the development level of the region. While socio-cultural effects are intense at the points where the difference between the society and the tourist is high, the effects are less common in the regions where the difference is less. As a result of this research conducted in Şirince village, which is connected to Selçuk district of İzmir, it is revealed to what extent and at which points local people are affected more or less by the socio-cultural effects of tourism.
ÖzBu çalışma, yerel halkın turizme bakış açısını ortaya koymayı ve yörede sürdürülebilir bir turizm planlamasına katkı sağlamak amaçlamaktadır. Her geçen gün gelişmekte olan ve ilişkili olduğu tüm bireyleri etkileyen turizme yerel halkın bakış açısı turizm faaliyetlerinin sürdürülebilirliği açısından önem arz etmektedir. Destinasyon adayı olan yörelerle ilgili turizm planlamaları gerçekleştirilirken turizmin olası etkilerini incelemek ve planlamalara dâhil etmek gerekmektedir. Yapılan araştırmada nicel araştırma yöntemi olan yapılandırılmış soru formlarından yararlanılmıştır. Yerel halk, turizmin geleneksel kültürü değiştirmeyeceği, yıkıcı etkilere yol açmayacağı, yerel halka ekonomik fayda sağlayacağı görüşündedirler. Araştırmada yerel halka yöneltilen sorular ışığında Buldan'da turizm etkileri boyutlarında yerel halkın bakış açısının olumlu olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır ve turizmin sürdürülebilir gelişimiyle ilgili önerilerde bulunulmuştur. AbstractThis study aims to reveal the local people's perspective on tourism and contribute to a sustainable tourism planning in the region. The local people's perspective on tourism, which is developing day by day and affecting all the individuals it is related to, is important for the sustainability of tourism activities. It is necessary to examine the possible effects of tourism and to include them in the planning while carrying out tourism planning for the regions that are candidates for destinations. Structured questionnaires, which are quantitative research methods, were used in the research. Local people are of the opinion that tourism will not change traditional culture, will not cause destructive effects and will provide economic benefits to local people. In the light of the questions posed to the local people in the research, it was concluded that the perspective of the local people in Buldan is positive and the suggestions about the sustainable development of tourism were made.
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