Türkiye’de Turizm Gelirleri ve Ekonomik Büyüme İlişkisinin Kamu Politikaları Doğrultusunda Değerlendirilmesi

The contribution of tourism that arrange country’s economies is frequently discussed in the literature. Researching the economic impacts of tourism, public policies considerable effects undeniable. The aim of this paper is to investigate the causal relationship between economic growth and tourism by using quarterly data for Turkey for the period of 2003–2014. The results show that there is a co-integration between tourism and economic growth. In addition, our results for the Granger causality test indicate that there is a unidirectional causality from economic growth to tourism. At the end of this study, these relationship is evaluated in accordance with the public policy.