A REVIEW ON THE PUBLIC VALUE OF TOURISM

Abstract

Public value is defined as “value created by government through services, regulations and other activities”. The value phenomenon in the concept of public value should not be perceived as a “value” or “benefit”, unlike singular use. Values here are defined as “shared and held beliefs or ideals about what is desirable” and “what is good or not”. In other words, they are persistent beliefs that affect the choices made between available means or ends. Public value, which is a result of public service and has economic, political, socio-cultural and ecological value dimensions, is produced with the participation of all stakeholders in the public space for the public benefit. Tourism, which has been developing continuously since the industrial revolution, is an effective sector in the field of economic and sociological management. Countries give importance to the tourism sector in terms of economy. Along with many economic contributions, tourism also provides development in the public sense. Countries may owe most of the formations in their foreign relations to cooperation in the touristic sense. For this reason, countries develop new tourism policies to create public development and public value. Touristically developed countries reduce the policies they develop from macro perspective to micro perspective, to local governments. In this study, the economic, political, socio-cultural and environmental effects of tourism, the place and importance of the tourism industry in Turkey’s economy and development are discussed, and the effects of tourism on public value are examined through secondary sources.