Abstract
The Effect of Education and Culture Expenditures of Households on the Tourism Expenditures
The level of education and culture, which is one of the social elements affecting tourism demand, both increase the interest and curiosity for travelling and also this interest and curiosity shape both travel habits and travel patterns of individuals. However, in order to increase the level of education, the cultural awareness and the desire to travel, it is necessary to increase the expenditures for educational services and cultural activities in this process. For this reason, the relationship between education-culture expenditures and tourism was examined economically by using the horizontal section data set of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) 2015 Household Budget Survey (HBS) for Turkey. Results show that tourism expenditures have positive effect on education-culture expenditures and household income while negative effect on the household size.
Keywords
Tourism Demand, Education and Culture Expenditures, Cross-Sectional Models
