Level of beneficiary from financial incentives of smes in hospitality industry and survey application in selected enterprises being less than a 100 beds

Today, SMEs have very important place in increasing Turkey?s level of development and duration of integration to European Union. At the same time tourism has been accepted as a sector which shelters its integration function in its body, creates employment and causes the country?s economy to earn foreign currency.With the aim of abating SMEs prior financial problems, the application of different kinds of financial incentives are projected by the government. In this respect SMEs in hospitality industry and financial incentives that accommodation enterprises can benefit from and the level of beneficiary from these incentives are forming a research subject. In this study it is aimed to reveal what kind of getting benefit depends and awareness of accommodation enterprises about financial incentives. In frame of this purpose the survey was conducted by doing face to face interview with 76 owners and managers of SMEs in hospitality industry in Antalya. In the result of the research it was determined that the level of beneficiary and awareness of financial incentives of managers or owners of SMEs in hospitality industry were low. It was determined that the beneficiary level of financial incentives depended on the quantity of managers and their education level.