Efficiency Analysis of the Provinces on the Basis of Public Incentive Policies for Tourism in Turkey

Abstract

Tourism sector in terms of the country's economy needs to be supported by the state with tax incentives, legal regulations, exceptions and exemption applications and subsidies. The aim of this study is to determine the technical efficiency of the provinces in Turkish tourism using Data Envelopment Analysis among 2005-2015 depending on public incentive policies. For this purpose, input variables used in the study are the number of investment incentive certificates, fixed investments provided by incentives, employment, need loans, expenditures on public services, number of facilities with tourism investment and operation certificate, number of rooms and beds and output variables are total the number of arriving tourists and number of nights stay. According to the findings, it is determined that the provinces in the Mediterranean and Aegean regions are more effective than the Eastern regions in terms of tourism.