Local government role in the tourism activities

Tourism, which contributes to the economy of our country, is one of the leading sectors, Tourism also makes great contribution to the local economy. The local administrations play an important role in operations concerning tourism. Some studies have been made in order to promote the efficiency of the local administratins on the development of tourism in our country. This study has been made in order to examine the status of the local administrations among the operations concerning tourism. For that reason, a questionnarie was aimed at both 120 employees who were chosen among the ones working at Fatih Municipalty in İstanbul and 120 citizens who were chosen randomly among the ones in Sultanahmet Square in Fatih District. The results of the questionnarie have been evaluated on SPSS 20 programme. As a result of the questionnarie, it has been determined that the number of the citizens who have the opinion that the local administrations play an important role in the operations concerning tourism are more than the employees. Key Words : Local Administration, Tourism, Operation, Status