Exploring Religious Tourist Experiences in Bethlehem: The Intersection of Abrahamic Religions

dc.contributor.advisorKılıç, Hasan (Supervisor)
dc.contributor.authorShehadeh, Anas Abedalrahman Ibrahim
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-05T11:38:09Z
dc.date.available2024-09-05T11:38:09Z
dc.date.issued2020-09
dc.date.submitted2020-09
dc.departmentEastern Mediterranean University, Faculty of Tourismen_US
dc.descriptionMaster 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 Kılıçen_US
dc.description.abstractReligious 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.en_US
dc.description.abstractÖZ: 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationShehadeh, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11129/6133
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherEastern Mediterranean University (EMU) - Doğu Akdeniz Üniversitesi (DAÜ)en_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryTez
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectTourism Facultyen_US
dc.subjectReligious Tourism--Christian Pilgrimage Destination--Bethlehem (Palestine)en_US
dc.subjectChristian pilgrims and pilgrimagesen_US
dc.titleExploring Religious Tourist Experiences in Bethlehem: The Intersection of Abrahamic Religionsen_US
dc.typeMaster Thesis

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