The perceptions of accommodation establishments managers in Eskişehir towards domestic tourism

In recent years, the tourism sector has been one of the fastest-growing sectors in the world. The fact that international tourism revenues exceed 1 trillion dollars in the world and exceed 23 billion dollars in Turkey reveals the economic dimension of the tourism sector. In the world, those countries where numbers of tourists and income from tourism is greatest give as much importance to the development of domestic tourism as to international tourism. The fact that 70,5 % of global spending on tourism is made by domestic visitors shows the importance of the domestic tourism sector. In recent years, domestic tourism has begun to show progress in Turkey. In 2011, 53,1 % of spending on tourism came from domestic visitors in Turkey.Eskişehir has a large potential for tourism, whether from domestic or international tourism. This study has been undertaken with the aim of determining the present state of tourism in Eskişehir, the problems with domestic tourism and with to put forward recommendations for solving these problems. Under the umbrella of this aim, a survey has been conducted of the managers of tourism licenced accommodation establisments in Eskişehir and the findings of this survey have been assessed.