Evaluation of gastronomy tourism in terms of food and beverage business features as a destination attraction element sample of Şanlıurfa province

The economic benefits of tourism play an important role in overcoming the crises in terms of the problems that the countries face. Recently, countries are competing with each other in order to make high profit from the tourism market in gastronomy tourism. The importance of destination centers, which play a role in gastronomy tourism, is increasing day by day in the increasing market share. The share of food and beverage enterprises is very large among the reasons of this increase. In this study; In terms of gastronomy tourism, it was carried out in Şanlıurfa to determine the role of destination attraction elements in the food and beverage sector. The data in the study were obtained by means of a questionnaire. The study was carried out on a sample of 228 people in Şanlıurfa between May-August 2019. The findings were evaluated and suggestions were presented.