Kültürel Mirasın Korunması ve Turizmle İlişkisine Yönelik Yerel Halkın Algı ve Tutumları: Odunpazarı Örneği

Abstract

Odunpazarı urban protected area has a very substantial potential in terms of historical and cultural heritage values. The support of local people is very important for the development of tourism and the adequate protection of cultural heritage in such tourism destinations. The main purpose of this study is to determine the perceptions and attitudes of the local people living in the area towards the protection of cultural heritage and its relationship with tourism in the Odunpazarı urban site area. Cultural heritage values and intense tourism activities has been effective in the selection of the Odunpazarı urban site as the research area. Within the scope of the research, a questionnaire has been applied to 155 people by face-to-face interview. The obtained data has been analyzed with SPSS 21 program. Exploratory factor analysis has been applied to determine the factors related to the impacts of tourism in the area. The differences between the resulting factors and demographic variables has been determined by t test and ANOVA test. As a result of the study, it has been determined that the perception of the local people regarding the protection of cultural heritage and the impacts of tourism is positive.

Keywords

• cultural heritage
• protection of cultural heritage
• effects of tourism
• odunpazarı
• eskişehir