Open AccessA Historical Review of Illegal Tour Guiding in Turkey
Author(s) -
Hasan Ali Polat,
Tolga Fahri Çakmak,
Aytuğ Arslan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
tourism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1849-1545
pISSN - 1332-7461
DOI - 10.37741/t.70.1.7
Subject(s) - political science , tourism , perspective (graphical) , advertising , public relations , law , business , computer science , artificial intelligence
The tour guiding professionwas much abused in the pastwhile illegal guiding took place, andremains much the same nowadays. With the use of official documents, thispaper outlines issues concerning illegal tour guiding from the past to thepresent. Document analysis as a qualitative research method was applied in thisstudy. Archival research was carried out, and unpublished documents were analysedto contribute to the literature and shed light on the roots of illegal tourguiding. Archival data was combined with travel guidebooks, official reports,and court files. Despite regulations, problems concerning tour guiding continueto exist to the present day. More than ever before, illegal tour guidesemployed by travel agencies have become a threat to the employment of licencedguides. The number of illegal tour guides proves that current measures remainincapable of prohibiting illegal guiding activities. Touting seems to be thelongstanding main motivation for illegal guides. Unethical guiding practicesaffect the established image of the destination country. From a historicalperspective and underlining issues such as touting through unpublished archiveddocuments and official reports, this paper contributes a detailed understandingof the defective points concerning the travel industry.