Abstract
Examination of Water Sports Accidents in Turkey
Coastal tourism in Turkey, in other words, sea-sand-sun tourism is the most important market of the Turkish tourism industry. Increasing the number of tourists is of utmost importance for Turkish economy. However, water sports accidents that occur in the summer season have a negative impact on coastal tourism. Speed boat and jet-ski accidents are the most important accidents. This study examines the water sports accidents occurred in Turkey between the years 1997-2019 and evaluates the frequent accidents. In this context, the accident news in the internet pages and newspaper's websites were examined elaborately and the reasons for the accidents, the cities where these accidents occurred, the frequency of fatal accidents, the distribution of the accidents according to the ages, the days of the accidents and female-male death rates in these accidents were evaluated. Besides, various solutions were proposed to minimize the accidents, to prevent loss of life and property in the study.
Keywords
Water Sports Accidents, Coastal tourism, Speed boat, Jet ski, Turkey.
