Volume 21, Number 1, Summer 2010

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Nazmi KOZAK
School of Tourism and Hotel Management
Anadolu University
Yunus Emre Kampusu
26470 Eskisehir, Turkey
E-mail: nkozak@anadolu.edu.tr
Metin KOZAK
School of Tourism and Hotel Management
Mugla University
Kotekli Kampusu
48000 Mugla, Turkey
E-mail: M.Kozak@superonline.com
REGIONAL EDITORS
NORTH AMERICA
Seyhmus BALOGLU
University of Nevada-Las Vegas, USA
E-mail: baloglu@ccmail.nevada.edu
ASIA AND FAR EAST
Barry O’MAHONY
Victoria University, Australia
E-mail: Barry.OMahony@vu.edu.au
EUROPE
Mehmet MEHMETOGLU
Finnmark University College, Norway
E-mail: Memet@hifm.no

AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST
Berendien LUBBE
University of Pretoria, South Africa
E-mail: berendien.lubbe@up.ac.za

EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
Jay BEAMAN
Auctor Consulting Associates, Ltd., USA

Eric COHEN
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Hasan Isin DENER
Çankaya University, Turkey

C. R. GOELDNER
University of Colorado-Boulder, USA

Jafar JAFARI
University of Wisconsin-Stout, USA

Carson C. JENKINS
International Hotel Management Institute, Switzerland

Alastair M. MORRISON
Purdue University, USA

Luiz MOUNTINHO
University of Glasgow, UK

Ercan SIRAKAYA
University of South Carolina, USA

Muzaffer S. UYSAL
University of South Carolina, USA

Turgut VAR
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey

Geoffrey WALL
University of Waterloo, Canada
DIVISION EDITORS
RESEARCH NOTES AND REPORTS EDITOR
Luisa ANDREU
University of Valencia, Spain
E-mail: Luisa.Andreu@uv.es
CONFERENCE NOTES AND REPORTS EDITOR
Honggen XIAO
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, SAR, China
E mail: hmhgxiao@polyu.edu.hk
BOOK REVIEW EDITOR
Alan FYALL
Bournemouth University, UK
E-mail: afyall@bournemouth.ac.uk

CALENDAR OF EVENTS EDITOR
Hwan-Suk (Chris) CHOI
University of Guelph, Canada
E-mail: hwchoi@uoguelph.ca

EDITORIAL OFFICE
Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research
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PUBLISHER
Hüseyin Yildirim, Detay Yayincilik, Adakale Sokak, No: 14/1, Kizilay, 06420 Ankara, Turkey
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Anatolia is an international tourism and hospitality research journal which has been published solely in English since 1997. The overall mission of Anatolia is to provide an outlet for innovative studies that will make a significant contribution to the understanding, practice, and education of tourism and hospitality, Specifically, the objectives of Anatolia are to contribute to the dissemination of knowledge through publication of high quality peer-reviewed research papers, reports and book reviews, while serving as a unique forum for case studies for instructional use. Anatolia also aims to heighten awareness of the Mediterranean region as a significant player in international tourism. Anatolia is dedicated to the provision of constructive, objective, and timely reviews of research papers through a double-blind review process by internationally well respected scholars.