GSI Journals Serie A: Advancements in Tourism Recreation and Sports Sciences
Yazarlar: Burcu DEMİR
Konular:Otelcilik, Konaklama, Spor ve Turizm
DOI:10.53353/atrss.898822
Anahtar Kelimeler:Slow Food,Slowness,Sustainability,Sustainable Tourism,Germiyan.
Özet: Beginning in Italy in 1986 Slow Food movement reached an international dimension in 1989. The movement which has thousands of members in 160 countries aims for a higher quality of life for the world. The term “sustainability” came up in the 1980s and has similar purposes and principles with the Slow Food movement. In the study, Slow Food and sustainable tourism have been discussed together. Researching the mutual benefits of these fields on protecting the future and investigating the impact of the Slow Food movement on tourism and the daily life of the people who are living in Germiyan village is the aim of this research. The Germiyan village, which is the first and only Slow Food village of Turkey is chosen as the research area and semi-structured interview and unstructured observation techniques are used as the research methods. The attendants for the study group are chosen by criterion sampling method which is a type of purposeful sampling method. The data is collected from eight people who are locals of Germiyan village and also two people who are former members of the Çeşme Rotary Club. The interviews have been conducted for two weeks. The unstructured observation technique has been applied in the 5th Germiyan Festival and interviews. The main purpose of the observations is to determine the verbal and non-verbal attitudes of the local people towards the visitors during and out of the festival. Another purpose is to investigate the behaviors of the salespeople and the business owners and observation of their mutual relationships with visitors. Based on the results of the study, which has researched the effect of Slow Food on tourism and daily life, it is concluded that Slow Food has a positive impact on the daily life of the local people and the tourism activity of the village. It also made the communication of the local people with each other stronger and also contributed to the economy of locals. Besides the study showed that the occurrence of some negative elements which contradict the aim of the movement such as inflation of the prices, trade of unnatural products, and defecting of the cultural texture.