A critical view on the paradox of slow city - sustainable tourism

When the world tourism sector faced serious problems before entering the new millennium, the question of “what could be done?” started to be asked more intensely in order to make us think. What were these problems? Firstly, it was marketing of certain types of products. The other problem was that tourism activities were similar in countries or regions. Therefore, different regions or countries had to meet the tourism market by introducing alternative products. While focusing on individual tourism, mass tourism has emerged such as emergence of luxury tourism, coastal tourism, social and culture/city tourism. Similarly, as in hotels, all-inclusive concept has emerged as an alternative product to bed & breakfast or half-board. Perhaps in the future, nothing inclusive could be an alternative product to all inclusive. Suddenly slow-food appeared as an alternative to fast-food. With the success of the slow food movement, the concept of slow-city came out. This study focuses on the concepts of slow city and slow tourism which are alternative to mass tourism made with package tours, and the study will analyse how these two terms conflict with each other in tourism context. The concept of slow city and sustainable development supports each other. The purpose of concept of slow cities is to increase public investment and living standards in cities, to revive the local economy, to protect and maintain cultural and natural resources. However, in recent years, especially when the slow cities examined in our country, some developments that go against the spirit slow city has emerged. This study aims to form a critical view by slow city practice in our country and the aim of slow cities