A Study into Safety Perceptions of Tourist Visiting stanbul

Safety is one of the priorities of a tourist when choosing his/her destination. The need of safety is one of the natural characteristics of a human being. People need to feel safe in order to live a peaceful life. The goal of this study is to draw attention to safety in tourism by determining whether stanbul is regareded as safe by tourists, and to produce ideas towards the subject. In this research, the concept of safety has been covered from different aspects and connecting with the tourism sector; thus, safety issues are examined from the point of law. Tourists’ safety perception about Istanbul has been putted via a survey applied to local and foreign tourists. The results reveal that stanbul has an image as an unsafe venue in some aspects.