Regulations about Guest Houses and Hotels in the Second Period of 19th Century of Ottoman Empire

In 19th century, parallely with the development of tourism, more and more people started to visit Ottoman lands with cultural, religious, historical and commercial reasons. In the meantime, a lot of guest houses and hotels began to be opened in the most of coastal towns of Ottomans, particularly in ？stanbul. Therefore, the government needed to make legal regulations in this field. Some regulations were made about both the establishment and management of the guest houses & hotels and the recordings of the tourists staying there. In this context, a regulation consisting nine points was prepared in order to provide a legal basis about guest houses and hotels. In this study, it is tried to go over the regulations made about guest houses and hotels in the last period of Ottoman Empire. Besides, the reasons why the government needed to make regulations about accomodation facilities, the regulations made, implementation of these regulations and encontered problems are discussed. Thus, it will be possible to make inferences about the development of Turkish tourism