The impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourism on the profitability of islamic banks: Evidence from Turkey

After reviewing some earlier studies, it was determined that the impact of tourism and foreign direct investment on the profits of Islamic banks in Turkey has not been adequately addressed. In addition to this, because tourism and foreign direct investment constitute a significant portion of a country's overall source of revenue, it was determined that this topic warranted further investigation because of the importance of the topic and the objective that it sought to accomplish. For the sake of the Turkish economy, it is important to carry out the aforementioned study in order to ascertain the nature of the aforementioned effect and to make an effort to propose some solutions that not only benefit the economic aspect of the topic at hand but also enhance its literary dimension. This study provided some tips regarding the utilization of these two sources of funds. The main objective of this study is to look at how foreign direct investment and tourism affect the profitability of Turkish Islamic banks. The data of three out of six Islamic banks operating in the Turkish banking industry is analysed using static and dynamic panel generalized methods of moments (GMM) estimate approaches for the period 2009-2020. The study indicates that foreign direct investment has a beneficial impact on the profitability of Islamic banks, whereas tourism contributes negatively to the profit of the Islamic financial institutions . The study recommends that the government need to focus on enhancing FDI and tourism to boost financial development.