Abstract:

One of the several types of tourism, faith tourism entails the visits to sacred places and resulting socio-economic revenues. In Tunceli hosts several tombs, associations and various places of interest due to the prominent Alevite culture. Tunceli has a significant faith tourism potential for due to these unique Alevite places of interest. These sites attract several domestic and international visitors. Thus, the present study aimed to determine the Alevite sites with tourism potential in the province based on the data collected in field observations and tourism agency guides. During the field study, interviews were conducted at the places of interest and these sites were photographed. Among these venues, 22 places of interest with faith tourism potential were identified. Next, these places with belief tourism potential were determined as stopping points and a faith tourism route was planned. The route was planned to start at the central provincial, and five routes were planned to create a faith tourism corridor. Although the lack of studies on the topic in the literature was an important motivation, the determination of the points of interest with faith tourism potential and the assignment of these points as stop points on a touristic route would lead to important gains for the local economy.

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