A Functionwise Examination of the Cruise Ports in Turkey: The Case of Kusadasi
Singapore 29th Business, Economics, Social Sciences and Humanities (2017), Singapore, Singapore, 8 - 09 March 2017, vol.3, no.29, pp.14
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ISBN: 978-969-683-392-5
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A Functionwise Examination of the Cruise Ports in
Turkey: The Case of Kusadasi
Cengiz Kahraman*
İstanbul University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of
Maritime Transportation Management Engineering, İstanbul
Abstract
Crusing is a recently developing tourism type incorporating several
recreational functions. Generally speaking, it is based on the idea of visiting
predetermined destinations and having holiday during the trip. Lately, it has
globally taken huge leaps and become an in despensible part of sea tourism.
Accordingly, it has deveoped in Turkey as well. The Kuşadası Port is
among the prominent ports of cruising. Recently, it has become Turkey's
biggest port and come to solely serve cruise tourism as a result of the
functional developments in the region as of 1960s. The port is located on
the northern part of a headland extending into the sea from the middle of the
Gulf of Kuşadası. One of the reasons for the vast interest of tourism
agencies in the port is the presence of historical and religional places such
as Ephesus, St. Mary's House, St. John's Cathedral, Miletus, Priene. The
examination of Turkish ports serving cruises reveals that services offerred at
these ports fall short of satisfying the need of cruise tourism. Globally,
cruise ports boost their appeal with many social and cultural activities and
facilities. It is very important for the promotion of Turkey and the
development of tourism in Turkey to operationalize the ports with historical
and cultural potential, especially in the Aegean and Mediterranean Regions.
This study offers an overview of the cruise ports in Turkey and makes
suggestions to upgrade cruise tourism to a satisfactory level by disclosing
historical development, functionality, and problems of the Kuşadası Port,
the most preferred port in Turkey.
Keywords: Kuşadası, Transportation, Cruising, Geography, Operating
*All correspondence related to this article should be directed to Dr. Cengiz
Kahraman, İstanbul Üniversitesi, Bilimsel Araştırma Projeleri Birimi,
Beyazıt/İstanbul.
Email: cengizck@hotmail.com