THE IMPACT OF SYMBOLIC KNOWLEDGE ON TOURISM: CO-(R)EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN TOURISTS AND HIGHLY INDIVIDUAL PLACES (HIP) IN ANTALYA
SEMBOLİK BİLGİNİN TURİZM ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ: ANTALYA’DA RUS TURİSTLERİN VE KENDİNE ÖZGÜ MEKANLARIN BİRLİKTE-(D)EVRİMİ

Author : Aykut SEZGİN -Murat Ali DULUPÇU - Onur DEMİREL - Onur SUNGUR - Hidayet ÜNLÜ
Number of pages : 11-26

Abstract

This paper tries to investigate the emergence and evolution of particular non-technical innovations and symbolic knowledge in a well-known touristic destination in Turkey, namely Antalya region. The leitmotiv behind this case representation is the recent knowledge demand derived from huge manoeuvre in incoming tourists profile from German-Briton towards wealthy Russian since the 1990s and the consequent emergence of luxurious experience of Highly Individual Places which have strong impacts on the knowledge base of the region and local firms. The findings confirm that this manoeuvre generates extra-regional distance knowledge mobility in contrast to proximity literature. This, in turn, exposes the need for multi-local, multi-actor and multi-scalar relationships in order to adopt changes in tourism sector. Thus knowledge mobility matters for the knowledge to be acquired from other regions or sources and re-circulate it within the region.

Keywords

Knowledge anchoring and mobility, Symbolic knowledge, Highly individual places (HIP), Tourism sector, Antalya

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