Eskişehir’in İlinde İnanç Turizmi Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme: Odunpazarı Örneği
An Evaluation on Faith Tourism in Eskişehir Province: The Case of Odunpazarı

Summary/Abstract: Values from the past to the present, some practices and beliefs constitute the spiritual-cultural values of communities and individuals in societies. Among these values, which have existed in the Turkish tradition for centuries, shrines have a very important share. In this study, it was aimed to determine the contribution of entombed saints and shrines located in Odunpazarı region to Eskisehir tourism. All the tourists visiting the shrines in the district of Odunpazarı constitute the population of the research. In this direction, the research survey was administered to 350 tourists to gather data. It was found with this study that most of the tourists who visit Eskisehir want to revisit the city. Besides, the fact that the level of satisfaction with their visit to the shrines is quite high, that about half of them make a daily visit and contribute to the economy of Eskisehir by shopping during their visit are also among the research findings.

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