Community displacement challenges in educational tourism

ABSTRACT

This study investigates issues relating to community displacement of the indigenous residents of Famagusta resulting in an increased rate of relocation to the suburbs due to the sudden growth of educational tourism; thus, the main objective of the current study is to obtain perspectives of learners on primary motives. An in-depth interview of 28 Cypriots in Famagusta, through purposive sampling was used to gather data for the current research. Findings reveal that the increase in educational tourism in Famagusta caused the indigenous Cypriots to move into suburban neighbourhoods. Factors including urbanization issues, social issues, economic issues, cultural issues, and environmental issues were revealed to be the most challenging issues resulting in community displacement.

KEYWORDS:

• Community displacement
• host communities
• educational tourism
• North Cyprus
• tourism

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Mehmet Necati Cizrelioğulları

Mehmet Necati Cizrelioğulları Ph.D., works as an Associate Professor in the School of Tourism, Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey. He has published articles on tourism management, service quality, tourism economy, human resources, mobbing, leadership, and tourism education.