Kentsel Lojistik ve Destinasyon Yeteneklerin Turizme Etkileri: Afyonkarahisar, Hatay ve Gaziantep Gastronomi Şehirlerinin Karşılaştırmalı Analizi

Abstract

People migrate from rural areas to urban areas to have a better standard of living and education, healthcare and job opportunities. Along with trade and tourism, the high living standards of citizens are developing due to communication and transportation. The reason why gastronomy cities want to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network is that they want to increase the living standards of the city and country residents by taking the share they want from the tourism market in the world. Therefore, logistics and destination competences are important for gastronomy cities. In the literature review, it was seen that there was no study on the relationship and effects of urban logistics and destination capabilities with gastronomy cities. For this reason, this study was conducted as a comparative research on the logistics and destination capabilities of gastronomy cities. It is seen that Afyonkarahisar ranks first in gastronomy and destination capabilities. However, It is seen that Afyonkarahisar ranks 10 th in the life index of Turkey. Hatay ranks the first in the life index. Gaziantep and Afyonkarahisar, which are gastronomy cities, have the same ranking in livability. Furthermore, considering sustainability, Afyonkarahisar ranks first with the highest score. In terms of mobility, Gaziantep is the first and Afyonkarahisar ranks the second.