Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: Local administrations support tourism because of its positive economic effects on local economy besides, culture and faith tourism is important through preservation of cultural heritage and local development. In this study, potential in faith tourism of North-eastern part of Turkey and Georgia are explicated and to contribute to cross-border collaboration and tolerance between different religions, a proposal religious tourism route is designed as basic step. Beyond being the first study done in the one of less developed regions of Turkey and Georgia, this paper provides valuable information to tourism planners and decision makers to build joint projects between two neighbouring countries.
Author: Uğur ÇALIŞKAN
Institutions: Muş Alparslan University, Muğla University
Language: English
Topic: Religious Tourism and Spaces
Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W2797828557