Seven Churches Of The Revelation Visited In Route Tourism In Turkey

Authors

  • Sinem Kunt Faculty of Tourism University of Gazi, Turkey
  • Selma Meydan-Uygur Faculty of Tourism University of Gazi, Turkey

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2019.v4i1.92

Keywords:

Religious Tourism, The Revelation, St. John, Seven Churches

Abstract

Turkey has many historical and cultural riches beloging to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, as well as "Gobeklitepe", the oldest religious center of the world 11,500 years ago. There are many places in Turkey that are mentioned in the Bible. The most mysterious of these places are the Seven Churches (Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea). Today it is observed that there is an current demand especially by Christianity groups who came from Europe, America and the other countries for Seven Churches. The aim of this study is to evaluate the route of Seven Churches in religious tourism in Turkey. In this study, a 6-step content analysis model was used. There are 24 travel agencies that organize The Tour of Seven Churches in Turkey. However, there are no logos, emblems and motto of the Seven Churches. In the study present implications to distinguish, promote and contribute to the creation of an effective image of the Seven Churches from other cultural assets in Turkey.

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Author Biographies

Sinem Kunt, Faculty of Tourism University of Gazi, Turkey

Sinem KUNT has a master in History of Religions from Ankara University (Ankara/Turkey). She was appointed to Gazi University Faculty of Tourism, Department of Tourism Management in 2014 for Ph. D. She is currently continuing her Ph. D. as a Research Assistant at the Department of Tourism Management at Gazi University in Turkey, Faculty of Tourism. She published several works on religious tourism, Tangible Cultural Heritage Tourism and Seven Churches.

Selma Meydan-Uygur, Faculty of Tourism University of Gazi, Turkey

Selma MEYDAN-UYGUR received her master’s degree from Hacettepe University’s Department of Tourism Management (Ankara/Turkey). She received her Ph. D. form Gazi University’s Department of Tourism Management (Ankara/Turkey). She started to work as a Research Assistant in the Department of Tourism Management at Gazi University in 1994 (Ankara/Turkey) and as an Assistant Professor in 2002.

She joined the Advanced Professional Development Program for 5 months at Michigan State University in the US in 2004. In 2011, she has associate professor in the field of marketing and she was appointed as Associate Professor at the Gazi University in 2012. She is currently working at the Gazi University in the department of tourism management as a Professor. She conducts academic studies in marketing, tourism and service marketing.

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Published

2019-05-23

How to Cite

Kunt, S., & Meydan-Uygur, S. (2019). Seven Churches Of The Revelation Visited In Route Tourism In Turkey. International Journal of Professional Business Review, 4(1), 32–52. https://doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2019.v4i1.92