Nowadays, the concept of ” speed “ manifests itself everywhere. Especially in production and consumption, the striking “speed” has caused production and consumption to come to unobtrusive dimensions. People and institutions who are aware of this situation have sought to decelerate, aiming to underline the importance and effects of “calm and simplicity”. One of the orientations that emerged as a result of these pursuits is the Cittaslow movement. The Cittaslow movement also stands against the “speed” that dominates all aspects of life, basically advocating “calmness and simplicity.” It is the main goal to create layouts that feed on calm and simplicity. The Cittaslow movement, which does not accept the “imperatives” imposed by popular culture, argues that individuals should live their lives in the simplest way possible, so that life can be enjoyed at a much higher level. In this study, the origin, characteristics and requirements of the Cittaslow movement were discussed, the case studies on the subject in the world and in Turkey were evaluated and suggestions for Yalvaç were presented.

The aim of this study is to examine the effect of the personality traits of students who received tourism education at the undergraduate level on the desire to pursue a career. Accordingly, the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised / Abbreviated Form (EKA-GGK) (Francis et al. 1992) and Temeloglu and Aksu’s (2016) career desire for tourism were used. Within the scope of the study, the questionnaire was applied only to the students who are in their 3rd and 4th grades at Selcuk University Faculty of Tourism with the purposeful sampling method.The data were obtained through face to face interview. According to the data obtained from 185 students, a significant difference was determined according to some demographic variables of Eysenck’s personality traits and subdimensions and desire to pursue a career. In addition, according to the results of multiple linear regression analysis conducted on the effect of Eysenck personality traits overall and its sub-dimensions on the desire to pursue a career, there was no statistically significant result

Developments in the field of information and communication technologies have led to the disappearance of geographical boundaries, changing the promotion and marketing perspective, and economic activities to be realized with less costs. These developments has led to the use of different applications and new concepts also in tourism industry. One of them is “smart tourism”. With the smart tourism, new concepts such as “smart destination”, “smart city” and “smart hotel” have gained importance. With the development of the tourism industry, the number of the different type of hotel enterprises is increasing day by day and there is strong competition between businesses. Hotel enterprises are trying to use technological innovations in order to gain a competitive advantage. With using technology, hotel enterprises can offer faster, high quality and low cost services. Hotel enterprises using technological innovations are considered “Smart Hotel”. Therefore, in this research “smart hotel index” were prepared according to the preferred applications in hotel enterprises. Ten qualified (10) hotel enterprises operating in Bishkek were evaluated within the scope of the research by using smart hotel index. Hotel enterprises were ranked according to the eighteen (18) criteria collected under four (4) main headings. As a result of the research, the solutions are presented by identifying the problems encountered and the advantages of “smart hotel” applications to the hotel enterprises

Today, people demonstrate the importance they give to healthy life by displaying an environmentally friendly attitude in their homes, outdoors, workp-laces and almost every area of daily life. Healthy life is now considered as a phenomenon that plays a determining role in people’s leisure activities. Bicyc-les, which people use in Europe for both transportation and tourism purposes, are seen as one of these environmentally friendly attitudes and healthy living tools. Although the use of bicycles is older, the momentum it has gained in Eu-rope especially in Europe has attracted the attention of the academy in recent years. However, it is considered that academic researches related to bicycle tourism are not sufficient. At this point, the aim of the study is to examine the current status of bicycle tourism, projects related to bicycle tourism, the factors behind the development of bicycle tourism in tourism regions and the bicycle routes used in the EU in the light of the relevant literature. The study is desig-ned as a secondary source scan. As a result of the research, it is shown that bicycle tourism is very common in the European Union and that efforts to pre-vent transportation anxiety and human traffic at destinations lie behind this growth. In addition, it has been determined that countries consider bicycle tou-rism as a tool of rural and regional development, and within this scope, high tourism funds are allocated and bicycle tourism routes are created. In this con-text, facilitating the bike trip in destinations like Turkey that focus on tourism product development efforts and encouragement are discussed in terms of what kind of political options can be addressed.

In this paper which aims to reveal the perceptions of tourism academics about congresses through metaphors used for the concept of “congress”, phenomenonology with qualitative research pattern was used. in this context, the collected data is subjected to content analysis. Attitudeally it is divided into three categories; positive, negative and both/ambiguous and purposely three categories; socialiation, accessing/sharing the scientific knowledge and entertainment/rest. Then, these categories have been cross-linked. In the study, it has been seen that a significant number of academics perceive the congresses as a means of accessing/sharing scientific knowledge and socialization. In addition, it has been concluded that the general attitudes of the participants regarding the congresses are positive

The purpose of this study is to determine the factors affecting destination backsliding. Turkey destinations to evaluate right and wrong moves towards becoming his trademark, to identify the shortcomings and the world aimed to determine the differences between the different destinations. In line with the purpose, it was tried to determine the factors affecting branding by analyzing the studies on destination branding. Content analysis method was used within the scope of the study. Studies on destination branding are subject to analysis and the results are grouped within specific focus areas. According to the results of the analysis, the factors affecting destination branding, promotional activities, gastronomic attractions, natural, historical and cultural beauties, infrastructure and superstructure activities, color and logo, brand identity, brand image, guidance services, price, festivals and events, local people’s attitude and their behavior

As in the social structure, there are some unequal practices in terms of gender in businesses and especially in tourism enterprises due to the fact that they are service-oriented enterprises. In this study, gender discrimination; Firstly, it was explained by considering the general dimension, then the gender category, some different approaches to gender discrimination in sociological terms were briefly explained, what kind of gender discrimination examples are experienced in business life, and lastly, it was examined in terms of gender discrimination structure in tourism enterprises and field studies were discussed.. It has been argued that gender discrimination is not a given or natural value, but a social value shaped by culture. Especially in gender discrimination, which can create an ideological dilemma in business life, the idea that this dilemma should be eliminated and a clear attitude should be developed, even though this dilemma will cause contradictory attitudes on the subject. Although it will not be easy to change a social value such as gender discrimination, it has been argued that it will be possible with a change in perception in the social structure, and it has been emphasized that women, especially working and high-ranking women, have important responsibilities in changing this perception. As a priority step, the recognition of this kind of problem by raising awareness at the social level, after this acceptance, women develop a consistent attitude towards discriminatory practices, and then the cooperation of institutions within the social structure with women in the attitude of women towards the issue, in workplaces and tourism enterprises. In this study, which includes what kind of measures can be taken to prevent discriminatory practices, it has been accepted that the recognition of discrimination by mass media is an important step in order to gain a perspective on the issue among the measures that can be taken. In this descriptive study in terms of method, gender discrimination is discussed conceptually.