Second Home Tourism in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey: Development Issue and Mobility Pattern
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2019
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Ankara : Ankara Üniversitesi
Abstract
Eastern Black Sea Region is one of the most important regions in the development of second home tourism
for the mountainous areas in Turkey. There is considerable literature gap on research about second-home tourism in
the mountainous areas of Turkey. For this reason, in this study, we aim to determine the development issue and mobility
patterns of second home tourism in the Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey. The research population consists of seven
provinces located in the Eastern Black Sea region. The sample of the study is thirty highlands in Eastern Black Sea
Region. A multistage cluster sampling technique was applied at the sample selection. The primary data were collected
by the use of questionnaire surveys conducted with a total of 900 second homeowner selected by convenience sampling
during July 2010. A total of 60 digital TIFF format monoscopic aerial photographs were analysed by using Erdas
Imagine LPS and ArcGIS 9.3 software for showing the second home increase in the area. At the sampling highlands,
2.830 dwelling units have increased in the last thirty years. According to the questionnaire results of the study, second
homeowners generally come to the region in May and June. Most of them leave the area in September. Second
homeowners spend mostly 91-120 days in the region. The beautiful landscape and weather conditions are main
motivations to acquire a second home from the region. Second-home demand in the region is gradually increasing.
Therefore, the determination of main motivation sources for the second home demand and movement pattern towards
the second homes provide useful information for planning issues. The study is also a pioneer research about the second
homes in the mountainous area at Turkey
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Second homes, Second home tourism, İkinci konutlar, İkinci konut turizmi