The purpose of this study is to investigate the
competitiveness of the tourism sector of the
Turkish Republic of Northem Cyprus
(TRNC) against its main rival, the tourism
sector of South Cyprus and develop strategies to upgradc competitiveness. Findings are based
on the opinions of the experts and the top
excutives. The survey which was carried out
in three stages also identified the strengths and
weaknesses of the TRNC tourism sector. The
study is conduded with the strategies to be
followed to keep up the strengths and cure the
weaknesses of the tourism sector of the TRNC.
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