International Conference on Eurasian Economies
11-13 June 2019 – Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
Paper properties
Paper ID : 2325
Status : Paper published
Language : Turkish
Topic : Sectoral Analyses
Presenter: Ph.D. candidate Zehra Meliha Tengiz
Session : 1D Turizm
ARDSI Supports in the Rural Tourism Area: Example of Kastamonu
Kırsal Turizm Alanında Tarım ve Kırsal Kalkınmayı Destekleme Kurumu (TKDK) Destekleri: Kastamonu Örneği
- Dr. Fatih Gürel (Kastamonu Tarım ve Orman İl Müdürlüğü, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Zehra Meliha Tengiz (Yozgat Bozok University, Türkiye)
- Ph.D. candidate Osman İnan (Tekirdağ Namık Kemal University, Türkiye)
Abstract
Rural development; It is one of the most fundamental elements of countries' having a strong economy and developing. The most important activity area in rural development is rural tourism. Natural wealth, historical memories, local values, etc. recognition and promotion will bring social and cultural development together. In other words, “rural tourism” will be the most important door in the development of domestic and foreign tourism in Turkey and opening up to the world. In the process of European Union accession process, the ARDSI, which is established by aiming to make the modern enterprises sustainable by increasing the welfare and livelihood of the citizens living in the countryside with the competitiveness at the international level, making stronger investments in domestic and foreign marketing, and increasing the welfare and livelihood level of our citizens living in the country, is the relevant institution of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. Since 2011, ARDSI has invested approximately 3.8 billion TL in our country's economy. Within the scope of these investments, approximately 60 000 people were employed, 14 441 of whom were directly employed. In Kastamonu, ARDSI has signed an investment agreement with 11 investors to date, exceeding 11.5 million TL. For that reason, Kastamonu has become a model city for our country in the tourism area of the rural development movement. In this study, general information about the rural tourism potential in Kastamonu and ARDSI was given first and rural tourism applications in Kastamonu province were examined.
JEL codes: Z32, Z30, Z38
Gürel, Fatih, Tengiz, Zehra Meliha, İnan, Osman (2019). "ARDSI Supports in the Rural Tourism Area: Example of Kastamonu" in Proceedings of International Conference of Eurasian Economies 2019, pp.423-429, Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36880/C11.02325
