அரசியல் அறிவியல் & பொது விவகாரங்களின் இதழ்
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The Analysis of Tourism Policies by Different Governments and their Potential Implementation in North Cyprus Economy

Ismet E and Abuhjeeleh M

This paper aims at exploring the tourism policies that were formulated by successive governments since 1974 up to now in order to evaluate their strengths, weaknesses, effectiveness and their potential applicability in the Republic of North Cyprus (TRNC); by focusing on studying of major factors that influencing the formulation of these policies and other factors struggle their implementation in TRNC. For this goal, the researchers conduct an analytical appraisal for the different tourism policies in TRNC through an experimental approach in order to come up with profound understanding of their features and nature. To achieve the latter purpose; this research is based on two approaches; sampling procedure using the questionnaire as a tool to collect data, as well as, in-depth readings of the pertinent literature. Accordingly, this purpose achieved by means of gathering data from different stakeholders in tourism industry such as; directors of tourism business, stakeholders in both sectors (public, private), the presidents of pertinent tourism associations, managers of travel agents, restaurants, hotels and all other people engaged in a related business to tourism. Furthermore, a comparative and historical approach was conducted to develop in-depth understanding of tourism policies in this country. Therefore, the main findings in this research were; the way tourism policies were formulated was the most effective factor when formulating tourism policies, and unfortunately, there are many obstacles that hindered the successful implementation of tourism polices in North Cyprus where the political non-recognition appears as the most effective obstacle to achieve successful implementation of these policies.