Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism Sector

Tourism is a crucial source of foreign income for many developed and developing countries and is a sector required for development. Turkey is a competitive country in the tourism sector because of its strategic geopolitical location. Therefore, Turkey has become one of the top destinations for inter...

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Main Authors: Yağmur Yavuz, Sevcan Çağlayan, Mehmet Erkan
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Language:English
Published: Istanbul University Press 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Tourismology
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Online Access:https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/1221693D0B2041AC814AD6973ACE6785
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description Tourism is a crucial source of foreign income for many developed and developing countries and is a sector required for development. Turkey is a competitive country in the tourism sector because of its strategic geopolitical location. Therefore, Turkey has become one of the top destinations for international tourist arrivals and tourism revenues. In this context, international arrivals and tourism revenues are critical to a country’s economic activities and competitiveness. This study tests Turkey’s convergence hypothesis with OECD countries by using tourism revenues and the number of international arrival data. The linearity tests of Harvey and Leybourne (2007) and Harvey et al. (2008), as well as Fourier-Kruse (2019), and a new unit root test developed as an extension of the test, are used. The results demonstrate that the convergence hypothesis is not valid. This result supports the statistics that Turkey has a more competitive advantage in the tourism sector than selected OECD countries and is a top international destination for tourism.
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spelling doaj-art-3f7e59df656c43888f715fe8efead1a42025-08-20T02:15:59ZengIstanbul University PressJournal of Tourismology2459-19392024-12-0110210812010.26650/jot.2024.10.2.1480684123456Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism SectorYağmur Yavuz0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9497-5172Sevcan Çağlayan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6256-7035Mehmet Erkan2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7647-4534İstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkiyeİstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi, Istanbul, Turkiyeİstanbul Gedik Üniversitesi, Istanbul, TurkiyeTourism is a crucial source of foreign income for many developed and developing countries and is a sector required for development. Turkey is a competitive country in the tourism sector because of its strategic geopolitical location. Therefore, Turkey has become one of the top destinations for international tourist arrivals and tourism revenues. In this context, international arrivals and tourism revenues are critical to a country’s economic activities and competitiveness. This study tests Turkey’s convergence hypothesis with OECD countries by using tourism revenues and the number of international arrival data. The linearity tests of Harvey and Leybourne (2007) and Harvey et al. (2008), as well as Fourier-Kruse (2019), and a new unit root test developed as an extension of the test, are used. The results demonstrate that the convergence hypothesis is not valid. This result supports the statistics that Turkey has a more competitive advantage in the tourism sector than selected OECD countries and is a top international destination for tourism.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/1221693D0B2041AC814AD6973ACE6785tourismlinearity testunit root testconvergence hypothesisfourier
spellingShingle Yağmur Yavuz
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Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism Sector
Journal of Tourismology
tourism
linearity test
unit root test
convergence hypothesis
fourier
title Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism Sector
title_full Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism Sector
title_fullStr Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism Sector
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title_short Turkey’s Convergence Analysis of Selected OECD Countries in the Tourism Sector
title_sort turkey s convergence analysis of selected oecd countries in the tourism sector
topic tourism
linearity test
unit root test
convergence hypothesis
fourier
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