Abstract:
At the present day destinations are important products in terms of marketing. Competitive advantage of destinations has a significant impact on economic and social development of related destination. So in this study destinations are analyzed conceptually in terms of marketing strategy and positioning. This study evaluates destination and destination marketing concepts, destination marketing strategy, positioning in destination marketing conceptually. In order to market a destination successfully, joint effort of all tourism stakeholders is needed. At the end of the study it is seen that a successful destination positioning is possible with the marketing strategies which can strike a sustainable balance between socio-cultural, environmental costs and economic benefits and also satisfy local people living in the destination area, visitors and local entrepreneurs.

Keywords: Marketing, Destination Marketing, Positioning.

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