Abstract:
Real Estate Investment Trusts are capital market entities which can invest in real estates,
real estate projects, chattel reals, capital market instruments and other capital market
instruments, and can enter into ordinary partnership so as to realize certain projects. The
tourism sector, which is an important field in terms of Turkish economy, cannot be able
to make any expected progress due to economic crisis encountered at intervals. Today,
though the accommodation establishmentstry to put more contemporary and glorified
facilities into operation by keeping pace with the developing world, they have divergent
problems owing to financial difficulties. REITs appears to be a solution in settling down
the financial difficulty being encountered. When the literature related to REITs is
reviewed, it is seen that not many researches have been conducted in this field in Turkey.
In this context, this study is of great importance in terms of its contribution to the
literature. This study aims to constitute a point of view over REITs for the
accommodation establishments operating in tourism sector in Alanya, to measure the
tendency of business enterprises and to present whether they contrive to foster their
business enterprises in the form of REITs. This study is conducted through the
descriptive survey model.
