“…As a matter of fact, what is stated in the studies has also been proven by empirical findings. Studies have shown that growth in the tourism industry directly reduces poverty (Vanegas, 2012), tourism development improves accessibility, prices of goods and services, employment and income-generating issues (Karmilah et al, 2014), and social advances such as access to education and health facilities (Anderson, 2015) and its development in rural areas provides many advantages (Aylan, Gök Sarı, & Şalvarcı, 2019;Doğan & Bilici, 2020). As can be seen from the researches, it can be said that tourism development reduces poverty and causes improvements.…”