Culture and Belief Tourism in Kastamonu

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Kastamonu is one of the unususal city, which has natural beauties, historical and cultural features and during four seasons toruism service can be done there. Although Kastamonu has coastal tourism, echo tourism, belief tourism and an extent tourism diversification, these facilities are not evaluated enough.Demands for alternative tourism places and its diversification in the world and in our city increase. When we consider potential tourism of Kastamonu, it is suitable from this point of view because of this, the facilties of Kastamonu should be presented in national and international field.From Neolithic period to the present Kastamonu city had been home to different civilization and startes. By Turkization and Islamize of Anatolia it became a capital culture and belief and it has a rich historical background. In it is historic fabric, it survived its spiritual atmosphere. It also enlanced the culture and belief tourism of Kastamonu city.In this study we target to determine the situation of places Which are importand in terms of culture and belief tourism in Kastamonu and also using case of these potentials is target too Additionally we will evaluate obtained data by SWOT-GZFT method method of analaysis and we’ll specify advantages and threatens with their strong and weak sides in terms of tourism. The object of study is to present city’s situation in terms of culture and belief tourism and also introduce city.

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Kastamonu , tourism , culture tourism , belief tourism

International Journal of Geography and Geography Education

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International Journal of Geography and Geography Education