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Title: Exploring Religious Tourist Experiences in Bethlehem: The Intersection of Abrahamic Religions
Authors: Kılıç, Hasan (Supervisor)
Shehadeh, Anas Abedalrahman Ibrahim
Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Tourism
Keywords: Tourism Faculty
Religious Tourism--Christian Pilgrimage Destination--Bethlehem (Palestine)
Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages
Issue Date: Sep-2020
Publisher: Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)
Citation: Shehadeh, Anas Abedalrahman Ibrahim. (2020). Exploring Religious Tourist Experiences in Bethlehem: The Intersection of Abrahamic Religions. Thesis (M.S.), Eastern Mediterranean University, Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Tourism, Famagusta: North Cyprus.
Abstract: Religious tourism is one of the oldest forms of tourism and represents an important aspect of the travel and tourism industry. Religious authorities should understand the tourists' behavior in order to be able to post the tourist card and the meeting attended by tourists. The absence of work on tourism for religious purposes and the perceptions of religious visitors, and taking into consideration the value of religious tourism, this thesis objects to scan visitors from the three Abrahamic faiths, Jews, Christians and Muslims, and their impressions in Bethlehem through means of a survey. Bethlehem was chosen for its unique religious importance and was recognized by the three Abrahamic religions. In addition to the great historical significance of this religiously unique city, which combines the three largest religions in the world, it is a meeting point and a global gathering of religious tourists. Using a comfort nonprobability sampling method, which is a suitable method when the opportunities to be able to instrument a haphazard sampling technique accurately represent the small population (Han, Meng, and Kim, 2017; Song, Lee, Kang, & Boo, 2012). One (print) method was used for distributing questionnaires to the study group. Thus, to meet the target sample of tourists for religious purposes from three faith denominations also from a number of countries, scientist, along with a paying MBA student, visited several famous tourist restaurants and hotels in the ancient city of Bethlehem and invited tourists to engage voluntarily in the Academic Survey on Religious Tourism in Bethlehem.
ÖZ: Din turizmi, turizmin en eski çeşitlerinden sadece biridir. Buna ek olarak, din turizmi, seyahat ve turizm endüstrisinin önemli bir yönünü temsil eder. Bu yüzden, dini yetkililer, turist eğilim ve davranışlarını iyi anlamak durumundadırlar. Dini amaçlı ziyaret gerçekleştiren turistlerin algılarına yönelik literatürde çok az sayıda araştırma bulunmaktadır. Buna ithafen, çalışma, Beytüllahim de bulunan dini turizmin değeri göz önünde bulundurularak, toplamda üç İbrani dinden olan Yahudiler, Hıristiyanlar ve Müslümanlar'dan gelen ziyaretçilerin algıları anket yöntemi kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Beytüllahim, dünyanın en büyük üç dinini birleştiren ve dini açıdan eşsiz olan tarihsel öneminin yanı sıra, bir buluşma noktası ve dini amaçlı ziyaret gerçekleştiren turistlerin küresel bir buluşma merkezidir. Çalışmada, gelişigüzel örnekleme tekniği, küçük popülasyonu doğru bir şekilde temsil ettiği için kullanılmıştır. Katılımcılara anket dağıtılmış ve, üç inanç mezhebinden dini amaçlarla hedeflenen turist örneklemini karşılamak için bilim adamı ve maaşlı bir öğrenci, Beytüllahim antik kentindeki birkaç ünlü turistik restoran ve otelinde bulunan turistleri gönüllü olmak koşuluyla çalışmaya dahil etmişlerdir.
Description: Master of Science in Tourism Management. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research. Thesis (M.S.) - Eastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Tourism, 2020. Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Hasan Kılıç
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11129/6133
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