Second, environmental pollution has become an
important problem at these popular local tourist
destinations due to the lack of measures to cope with
the generation of new or increased waste residues.
Sewage disposal systems were installed solely according
to local residents' needs without taking into
account tourism development in many if not all tourist
destinations in Turkey. The carrying capacity of
sewage disposal systems have been exceeded due to
a rapid increase in numbers of hotels and second-homes
construction in addition to the migration of signi"cant
numbers of people from less-developed regions of
the country to work in the construction of hotels
and second homes. These people who worked in the
construction industry then remained in the labour
force as gardeners, dishwashers, waiters and the
like. On the otherhand, some hotels outside the
main settlements have not linked theirsewage disposal
system to the main system because of installation
costs. Moreover, since there was no strict control
and regulation that would have prevented hoteliers from
polluting the environment, particularly at the initial stage
of tourism development, it is possible that non-solid
waste "nds its way into natural water supplies. Hence,
there may be pollution of underground and surface
water.