Author/Authors
KAYGALAK, Sonay Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Tınaztepe Kampüsü - İşletme Fakültesi, Turkey , DILEK, S. Emre Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Tınaztepe Kampüsü - İşletme Fakültesi, Turkey , GÜNLÜ, Ebru Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Tınaztepe Kampüsü - İşletme Fakültesi, Turkey
Title Of Article
Diaspora Tourism: A Sociological Investigation of Those Groups Travelling to Balkans
شماره ركورد
44498
Abstract
This research is based on phenomenology ehich is one of the qualitative research techniques. The aim of the study is to find out the travel motives of the individuals visiting Balkans and to analyze in sociological context not only their feelings and views of rediscovering their memories where they were once created but also the feel og being a tourist while visiting their ancestors’ land. Therefore, in depth interviews were made with 11 people who participated in a Balkan tour via semi-structured form. As a result of the analysis, it is found out that these Balkan-Turks were motivated by the memories, stories they have been told by their elders and the antecedent of participating in that tour was “ a sense of wonder”.
From Page
435
NaturalLanguageKeyword
Diaspora , homeland tourism , Balkans
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
To Page
443
JournalTitle
Ege Academic Review (EAR)
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