Abstract
Local Communities Perception towards Tourism in the Context of Cittaslow Movement: A Research in Seferihisar and Gökçeada
Cittaslow is a movement that aspire to protect unique cultural properties and values. Cittaslow movement are intended, pretend to environmental pollution, ecocide caused by tourism activites and protection of local culture. In this manner, tourism perceptions of local community who play an important role in the development of tourism would be affected positively. Scope of this research is determination of local communities’ perceptions on tourism in the context of Cittaslow movement in Seferihisar and Gökçeada regions. In order to have equal chance of selection, simple random sampling method was used in related research which total of 454 participants, 251 of whom were in Gökçeada and 203 of which were in Seferihisar, were interviewed in June-September 2017. Correlation between Cittaslow perceptions and socio-economic factor of local community has detected with results of research. According to results, correlation between environmental factors and Cittaslow perceptions is lower than expected. There is no significant difference on Cittaslow perceptions of local communities Gökçeada and Seferihisar. Perceptions of both side are possitive about Cittaslow policies and movement. According to analysis on relation between perceptions differences and demographic varieties, unmarried have positive perceptions than marride and public employees have more positive perceptions than private sector employee.
Keywords
Tourism, Tourism perception, Cittaslow, Seferihisar, Gökçeada
