Social impacts of the festivals on the local community at rural tourism regions: Beypazarı case study

The main purpose of this study is to examine the social impacts of festivals and determine the perceptions and attitudes of host resident stemming from festivals. For this purpose, a survey has been conducted into local people in Beypazarı. Due to time, cost and accessibility constraints, the study is limited to local people of Beypazarı. According to our results, the relationship and success factors between the perceived social impacts of festivals and the satisfaction of the local people from festivals have been examined. At the end of this research, the proposals such as supporting the festivals and positively perceiving the social impacts of it by local community as well as making the festivals in success have been developed.