Author(s): İbrahim ÖRNEK• Aliye AKIN
It is a known fact how important is the tourism movement in the economies of the countries. This defines the purposes of the following research; comparing the impact of the tourism movement between developed and developing countries. Comparative analysis on the data obtained for this purpose has been applied. As a result of the findings of the study it was found that the parts gained from tourism are bigger in Europe compared to the Middle East. However, Europe is the continent which attracts the most tourists in the world and sends the most tourists; by hosting 581.8 million tourists by the end of 2014, Europe’s part is 51,4'%; In the Middle East it was determined that the continent's share was 4.5%. In addition, the comparison in terms of international tourism receipts in European continent and the Middle East, reports revenue of 508.8 billion dollars in 2014 which has revealed that 40.9% of the share in the revenue. Some parts of the Middle East were found to be very weak tourism regions. When comparing Europe and the Middle East in terms of the number of tourists and tourism revenue it can be said that the Middle East has stayed at the background.
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