ÇAVUŞ, Ahmet Atatürk Üniversitesi - Kâzım Karabekir Eğitimim Fakültesi - Coğrafya Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

Developing Haçka Yayla with its Belief Tourism Function

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Haçka Yayla is located at Düzköy, county of Trabzon. It is 12 km distance from Düzköy, 40 km distance from Akçaabat and 52 km distance from Trabzon. A loved and embraced important religious figure and scholar’s tomb is situated in Haçka Yayla that is developing mostly with its function of tourism. Especially from Trabzon and nearby cities, Haçka attracts many visitors from different cities in Turkey and tourists from abroad. Memorial services have been made in Haçka Yayla since 1996 for this religious scholar; almost 10 thousand people have attended to the 16th memorial organization this year (2011).Besides belief tourism, the Yayla has some advantages with its natural beauties and other tourist areas in its neighborhood. Haçka can be a regional belief and tourism attraction center with investments and advertisings and accordingly it can make a major contribution to tourist activities in Trabzon after solving some existing problems.

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religious tourism , Haçka Plateau , touristic potential

eastern geographical review

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