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Tourism has become a major sector in Turkey. The key to continued attraction of visitors to the country in significant numbers is a careful coordination of marketing and planning of tourism supply resources. These supply resources of tourism certainly include favourable climate and climatic elements. The nature of spatial distribution of resources does affect the dispersion of demand in the country. This current study attempts to classify cities based on their supply indicators and establish the connection between supply resources and selected demand measures. It is hoped that the results of this study will have planning, marketing and resource allocation implications for Turkish tourism.

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This article explores the potential existence of a gender effect regarding selected managerial practices within the hotel industry in Turkey. Two types of gender effect are examined: (a) a gender bias, which reflects how each gender views the world without comparison to the views of their gender opposites; and (b) a gender difference, which reflects the views of each gender in direct comparison to the other gender. The results of a study, based on 682 usable surveys, indicate that men believe their own gender would be significantly more likely to favor them over women in all but one of six specified recruiting, compensating, and managing practices. The results also show that women believe that female managers would be significantly more likely to favor women in training them, creating a motivating environment for them, and rewarding them, but not in three other activities. The findings indicate the presence of both a gender bias and a gender difference regarding employees' perceptions of recruitment and supervisory functions in the Turkish hotel industry. The article concludes with a discussion of the practical managerial implications of the findings.

Turizm özellikle pazarlama alanında bilgisayar teknolojisindeki gelişmelerden önemli ölçüde ve süratli bir şekilde yararlanabilme avantajına sahiptir. Bununla beraber bir çok turistik tesise ve özellikle bir zincire bağlı olmadan faaliyet gösteren münferit turizm kuruluşlarında enformasyon teknolojilerinden yeterince yararlanamadığı görülmektedir.