Atilla Akbaba

Izmir Kâtip Çelebi University · Department of Gastronomy and Culinary Arts

Purpose The primary aim of this themed issue is to highlight the incorporation of sustainability principles in the progress of tourism and the monitoring of tourists' evolving preferences, all within the sustainability framework and smart tourism destinations. The strategic question underlying this theme issue is how can we interpret, relate and mo...

Purpose Our comprehensive study, which is highly relevant to the current state of the tourism industry, investigated the extensive impact of tourism entrepreneurial ecosystems (TEE) on sales growth in European countries based on a sample of 109 entrepreneurs. Design/methodology/approach We studied 109 entrepreneurs in the tourism sector in Germany...

The application of technology, in smart cities, to create meaningful sustainability is set to change all our lives. The smart city of the future will be equipped with communication infrastructures to improve the comfort of all citizens, while respecting the environment, and supporting good governance. Information and Communications Technology (ICT)...

The main purpose of this study within this context is to determine the relationship between the organizational commitment levels of employees in accommodation establishments and person-organization fit in Izmir. And to determine whether ethical leaders have a moderating role and present the degree of influence in aforementioned relationship. The sa...

As the phenomenon of digitalization leads to diverse consequences through rapid and transformative change, it is important for entrepreneurs to be ready for sustainable innovations and identify emerging opportunities in the business world. Business models in entrepreneurship are faced with a major transformation from single new developments to comp...

This paper discusses the availability and viability of halal sites and routes in Ethiopia. Tourism development requires detailed information about potential tourism resources that helps developers and decision-makers. Accordingly, inventorying the existing actual and potential tourism resources must be the first step to assess the tourism potential...

This paper discussed the availability and viability of halal sites and routes in Ethiopia. Tourism development requires detailed information about potential tourism resources. Accordingly, inventorying the existing actual and potential tourism resources should be the first step to assess the tourism potential of a certain destination. The main aims...

Many researches in the field of gastronomy are dealt with in the context of gastronomy and tourism and are often associated with cooking. However, gastronomy has a structure that is examined in relation to different scientific fields. Gastronomy and science, gastronomy and art, gastronomy and engineering, gastronomy and physics, biology, chemistry...

The development of reservation websites such as tripadvisor.com has significantly affected the ways in which companies interact with their business and target groups. Companies from various sectors use such media to communicate with customers, who share their complaints, satisfactions and are asked about their experiences and opinions about product...

In accommodation establishments, employees are the most important factor of the production and organization’s performance. Because of this reason, the efforts are made to attract qualified employees to the organization and to ensure their organizational commitment. For organizational commitment, it is needed ethical leaderships whose behaviours wit...

Halal tourism becomes the most dynamic and fast-growing niche in the tourism industry. However, the lack of consensus on the definition, concepts and implementations of halal tourism has pollarded its development. Academics in scientific researches, destination marketers and practitioners in the industry widely employ the phrases "halal tourism" an...

submission deadline: 15.12.2020. Abstract Acceptance Deadline:15.01.2021. Full Chapter Submission: 25.05.2021.

The need to travel has become a habit and necessity for consumers over the years and alternative travel types have emerged to luxury consumption to meet the desires of consumers in tourism. Changing travel patterns and motivations led to the emergence of many new concepts in tourism. One of the requirements for realizing this understanding is socia...

For many destinations around the world, tourism is very important for its weight in GDP and some regions are even dependent on tourism. Because of the growing strength of this industry, the question of the effect of technological innovation is becoming more and more frequent, particularly in destinations that are taking up activity or destinations,...

The cultural assets of a country or a region are among the factors that create the tourism product. The baths occupy an important place in Turkish culture and have the potential to be used as a tourism product. The aim of this study is to contribute to researches in the field of product diversification in tourism. In this research, bath operators a...

THE CONCEPT OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN TOURISM LITERATURE: A BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS

ABSTRACT In this study, it is aimed to examine the articles published in the international literature on the subject of sustainable tourism between 2010 and 2017 within the scope of certain parameters. In this study, parameters such as journal, year of publication, number of pages, and authors were used. In line with these parameters, the Social Sc...

Aim: The purpose of this study is to provide refreshing and resourceful perspectives on institutionalization of European Union Tourism Policies for the interests of stakeholders in tourism industry. Method: Documentary analysis method was used for reviewing and evaluating documents relevant to EU tourism policies, its implications and economic cont...

Recently, Halal tourism has been emerging as lucrative tourism niche both in Muslim and non-Muslim Countries’ destinations. For a long time, tourism industry had been exclusive against Muslims for it was fenced by the so called “Haram” activities. However, nowadays, this problem is being solved through Halal tourism so that more Muslims are engagin...

Turistler, tatilleri boyunca yemeğe önem vermekteler ve yöresel tatları ve yöresel tatların sunduğu özgün yaşamı keşfetmek istemektedirler. Yeme- içme unsurunun sektörde hem turistler hem de uygulayıcılar için üzerinde en çok durulan ve önem oluşturan bir konu oldu olduğu söylenebilir. Bu araştırma Bodrum’a gelen uluslararası ziyaretçilerin yerel y...

A STUDY ON THE ANALYSIS OF CUSTOMER COMMENTS’ ON SOCIAL MEDIA RELATED TO RESTAURANTS IN A SLOW CITY, SEFERIHISAR ABSTRACT In many parts of the world, the concepts of slow city and slow food have received increasing interest in recent years. In the context of gastronomic tourism, which is an alternative tourism type, tourists have been able to spen...

The aim of this study is to contribute to the pool of knowledge in the field of social tourism. First, explanations about the concept of social tourism are provided and then social tourism researches conducted in Turkish tourism literature were analyzed by bibliometric analysis. In bibliometric analysis method, theses in Turkish tourism literature...

Events are considered as one of the major activities in regional development. Emerging day by day with the help of event tourism motivation, tourism movements have many positive physical, environmental, socio-cultural, economic and political effects on destinations. The events have great importance particularly in promoting the unique cultural char...

Ethical perception, intention and orientation of tourism students have become an increasing concern in the literature. This study aims to measure ethical perception of tourism students at different education levels in tourism faculties and vocational schools in Turkey by utilizing the Multidimensional Ethics Scale (MES). Selected doctoral, master’s...

The development of reservation websites such as tripadvisor.com has significantly affected the ways in which companies interact with their business and target groups. Companies from various sectors use such media to communicate with customers, who share their complaints, satisfactions and are asked about their experiences and opinions about product...

Green movements that appear in recent times are important both in terms of sustainability of nature and organizations. Every human being or organizations do not want to run out of their natural resources and they want to live in a safe environment. Organizations who are conscious about environment continue to work with various green practices to en...

The concept of social entrepreneurship refers to the process by which different resources are brought together to evaluate opportunities and creating social benefit at the same time. Sustainability is another concept that is intensively used today for conservation of transferring resources to future generations. The existence and sharing of success...

Son yıllarda otel işletmelerinin dini hassasiyeti yüksek Müslümanlar için helal ürün ve hizmetler sunmaya özen gösterdikleri görülmektedir. Müslümanlara yönelik ürün ve hizmetlerin dini emirlere uygun bir şekilde standartlaştırılması için oluşturulan helal otel sertifikasyonu aracılığıyla bu pazara yönelen otellerin ürün ve hizmet standartları belg...

Son yıllarda otel işletmelerinin dini hassasiyeti yüksek Müslümanlar için helal ürün ve hizmetler sunmaya özen gösterdikleri görülmektedir. Müslümanlara yönelik ürün ve hizmetlerin dini emirlere uygun bir şekilde standartlaştırılması için oluşturulan helal otel sertifikasyonu aracılığıyla bu pazara yönelen otellerin ürün ve hizmet standartları belg...

Turizm sektörünün en önemli alt kollarından biri konaklama işletmeleridir. Konaklama işletmeleri özünde konaklama, yiyecek – içecek ve eğlence gibi ihtiyaçları karşılamaya yönelik ürün ve hizmet sunan işletmelerdir. Hem hizmeti üreten hem de tüketen bakımından insana dayalı bir özelliğe sahip konaklama işletmeleri için karlılığını dolayısıyla varlı...

Participation of Local Gastrotourists to Gastronomy Events and Activities According to theEducation Levels and Age Groups: A Research on Gastrotourists Visiting Gaziantep The aim of this study is to contribute to the knowledge gastronomy tourists, demographics and behavior issues in the destination. In this context, research, who visited Gaziantep...

In this study, the role that local food plays on destination choice was investigated from the point of view of tourists visiting Izmir Peninsula. In the scope of the study, a field research was conducted on domestic and foreign tourists (n = 430) who visit Izmir peninsula. The results of the study showed that local food did not play a prominent rol...

This study aims to present the attractiveness level of local food for tourists visiting İzmir Peninsula. Within the scope of this study, a field study was done on foreign tourists and domestic tourists visiting İzmir Peninsula (n=430) and data obtained from ideas and perceptions of tourists were examined. As a result of this study, local food did n...

TThis study aims to assess the Faith Tourism Potential of Tarsus in four questions: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The study is conducted by case approach which is one of the qualitative research patterns. The sample of the study consists of local administrators, tradesmen, archaeologists and religious representatives. The data o...

Although numerous studies have evaluated the performance of small tourism businesses (STBs), most of them have neglected to take into account the unique characteristics of various sectors within the industry and limited the study within a specific type of location. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the knowledge pool on STBs through an...

The objective of this study was to contribute to the understanding of small tourism businesses (STBs) through an analysis of selected aspects in an urban setting, namely Akçakoca, Turkey. Particular attention was given to the characteristics of businesses, finance, marketing, human resource management, involvement of residents in the industry and m...

Orhan AKOVA Mehmet SARIIŞIK Atilla AKBABA ÖZET Bu çalışmanın temel amacı seyahat işletmelerinde işgören bulma ve seçme yöntemlerinin belirlenmesi ve işletme içinde verilen eğitim çalışmalarının içeriği hakkında bilgi elde etmektir. Bunun için İstanbul'da faaliyet gösteren 82 A grubu seyahat acentası yöneticisine anket uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen ver...

The role of service quality in the success of hotel businesses cannot be denied. It is vital for the hotel managers to have a good understanding on what exactly the customers want. Identifying the specific expectations of customers, the dimensions of the service quality, and their relative importance for customers for each specific segment of hotel...

The purpose of this study was to identify the areas in which some problems may occur during the transition phase to Total Quality Management at lodging establishments, and by this way, to reveal hints that would serve as a guide for lodging establishments to obtain more successful results in Total Quality Management applications. Within this framew...

The new product development activities carry great importance for hospitality businesses. The purpose of this study is to make contributions to the efforts in the field of new product development in hospitality businesses. In accordance with this purpose, the use of QFD (Quality Function Deployment), a method that was first aimed to support the dev...