FAITH TOURISM
Developments
in the scope of technology,without an exemption of all
national boundaries, bring people close together.
Since the discovery of writing, perheps 9.000 or
10.000 years ago, certain places in the world were the
grounds for close contacts among different cultures,
civilizations and religions.
The foundations of
the various ancient civilizations' on the lands of
Anatolia, the settlement of the disples during the
first quarter of Christianity in Anatolia or that of
Jewish people who were subjected to the policy of
annihilation in their homelands during the Mediaeval
Ages inevitably provided the Anatolian region to
embody various synagogues and churches besides the
Islamic works of arts belonging to the Turkish
nations.
The
fact that these works of art that have attained to our
times as a result of our nations' notion of respect
and high esteem to other religions enable Turkey to
gain an advantageous position among the other
countries.
The evaluation of the
interests of people to visit religious centers out of
the consideration of regular fulfilments can be
identified as Faith Tours in the scope of tourism
phenomenon. |