Tourism as a tool for development: the case Mawlana tourism in Konya

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This dissertation analyzes the role of tourism within development process in the case of the role of Mawlana tourism in the urban development process of Konya, around the theoretical approaches about tourism and development such as new modernization school, global local nexus approach, glokalism, and TBD (Tourism Business District) approaches. The study finds out that Mawlawi tourism has been playing crucial roles in articulation of Konya to the global markets and urban identity building process. Mawlana tourism establishes a city trademark and international business connections, rather than taking place as a supplementary economic sector in the development process of Konya. Within the diversification in the global tourism, Mawlana tourism can be defined as cultural, religious, and spiritual tourism. Although Mawlana tourism is a limited sector compared to others, it is crucial for Konya to be articulated to the global markets with an urban identity and business connections through Mawlana and Mawlawi Order.
Sociology, Urban, Tourism
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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/20029
Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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Ö. Sarı, “Tourism as a tool for development: the case Mawlana tourism in Konya,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2010.
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