Perception of the influences of tourism on local culture by local public (an application directed to the urgup region)

The tourist may bring their cultures with them during their visits. During their communications with the local public the local public may desire a different life style because they are influenced with the culture they experience. This kind of a situation may damage the touristical regions become and positive or negatively influence. The main objective of this study is to determine the effects of tourism on the local culture. According to this objective, a resource scan related to the main influences of the tourism on generally on the society, its social approach and the local culture has been performed and a survey as a data collection tool has been developed according to the influences of the tourism on the local culture. This survey has been applied to 697 local people from Urgup district of the Nevsehir province by interviewing with them face to face. The personal characteristics and their levels of participation of the public participated in this survey have been given as percentage and frequency. The developed hypotheses have been controlled with the T test and the Variation Analysis (Anova). Besides the Tukey test has been applied in order to learn the differences occur from which groups. As a result, the influences of the tourism on the local culture have been determined and also the meaningful differences of the local public?s visions related to the subject according to their personal characteristics have been determined and the solution recommendations have been developed according to them.