Assessment of Istanbul as a Tourist Destination.

Running head: TOURISM MANAGEMENT
ASSESSMENT OF ISTANBUL AS A TOURIST DESTINATION
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TASK 2: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRPAHY
Introduction
Tourism management covers most aspects of business and cultural management. As
tourism is one of the major source of revenue in many countries studying its nature and
objectives is very important. The following is an annotated bibliography of various journals and
their research methodology on various aspects of tourism in Istanbul.
Article 1
Altunel, M.C. and Erkurt, B., 2015. Cultural tourism in Istanbul: The mediation effect of
tourist experience and satisfaction on the relationship between involvement and
recommendation intention. Journal of Destination Marketing & Management, 4(4), pp.213-
221
Objective: The tourism in Istanbul has always been one of the important contributor to the
Istanbul’s economy. People come to experience the unique culture that Istanbul represents and
this study aims to test the model that links the involvement of the satisfaction, experience and
recommendation from the point of view of cultural tourism. The primary objective of the article
is to understand the correlation of understanding of culture and the way it influences the tourism
development.
Methodology: The study uses quantitative data through a survey from various historical areas
of Istanbul mainly the Sultanahmet area of Istanbul. The article provides secondary data using
qualitative research methodology to provide suggestion about the theoretical and managerial
impacts for future researchers and practitioners. It derives its sources from various sources such
as case studies, journals history sources and others to provide with the research. The main

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limitation of the article is that the survey was restricted to the Sultanahmet district of Istanbul.
The article provides understanding on the cultural implication in tourist development in Istanbul
hence it is relevant to the case study.
Analysis: There are various implication that drives certain industries while some are
geographical location some are the historical and cultural point of view that draws tourists. It
studies the impact of the cultural implications that influences tourism in Istanbul and analyses the
effect of the learning the culture the way it influences the development of experience quality.
Through its survey in Sulltanahmet district they have been able to establish the connection of the
topic with the cultural learning and the overall tourist satisfaction regarding the same. The study
suggests that more strategies needs to be developed to target different tourist groups so as to
boost the tourism industry in Istanbul. The following article is relevant for the case study as it
provides relevant sources of literature to understand the cultural impact and its importance in
boosting the tourism industry.
Article 2
Șengür, F.K. and Hemdİl, Ö., 2014. International air transport and inbound tourism
interaction: the case of Istanbul. In International Antalya Hospitality Tourism and Travel
Research conference proceedings, Antalya, Turkey, 9-12 December 2014 (pp. 371-390).
Akdeniz University, Tourism Faculty.
Objective: Transportation and the area accessibility is one of the most important factors in
tourism. The area needs to be well connected to aid the tourist to reach their destination, this is a
driving factor of tourist to an area. There are several factors that contribute to performance and
capacity of air transport that are in direct interaction with the tourism industry. The objective of