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Economic Integration and the Tourism Industry of North Cyprus

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  • Levent Altinay

    (School of Hotel and Restaurant Management, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane Campus, Headington, Oxford OX3 OBP, UK)

  • Hasan Ali Biçak

    (Chair, Department of Banking and Finance, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa Mersin 10, Turkey. Tel: +90 392 630 1475. Fax: +90 392 365 2025)

  • Mehmet Altinay

    (Lecturer, School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Eastern Mediterranean University)

Abstract

As a result of non-recognition, economic embargoes and political isolation, hopes for a federal solution have diminished and the economic integration of North Cyprus with Turkey is now on the agenda. In the study discussed in this paper, academics and top managers in the private and public sectors were interviewed to ascertain their expectations concerning the possible impacts on the tourism industry of North Cyprus of such economic integration. The consensus was that economic integration would improve marketing and promotion, transportation, and investments in the tourism industry. However, the success of the industry depends heavily on increasing the competitiveness of the North Cyprus tourism product in terms of price, quality and marketing, and on the successful establishment of joint ventures with Turkish entrepreneurs.

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  • Levent Altinay & Hasan Ali Biçak & Mehmet Altinay, 2002. "Economic Integration and the Tourism Industry of North Cyprus," Tourism Economics, , vol. 8(3), pages 325-335, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:toueco:v:8:y:2002:i:3:p:325-335
    DOI: 10.5367/000000002101298151
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