The Comparison of Rize and Turkey in terms of Tourism Indicators According to the Years: 2009-2015
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Rize, which is situated in the region of Black Sea of Turkey has a rich tourism potential in terms of the historical and cultural attractions such as traditional houses, stone hampback bridges, mosques, museums. as well as it’s natural beauties such as plateaus, hot springs, rivers, falls, lakes, flora and fauna. The usage of tourism resources of Rize and numbers of tourists have been changing within years. The main purpose of the study is to distinguish the situation of Rize in the tourism of Turkey and evaluate it’s share of tourism in the axis of Turkey according to the years, of 2009-2015. In this context it will be displayed the change of tourism indicators of Rize in years and compare them with the tourism statistics of Turkey. The tourism of Rize will be compared in terms of the characteristics such as the number of tourist, overnight, purpose of visit, level of income and education with the tourism of Turkey and put forward the points which differ from each other. In addition, by taking into consideration of the current situation of Rize tourism,which is supported with numbers it will be made some suggestions for Rize
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