Religious Tourism and Spaces

Purpose –The aim of this study is to examine the travel motivations of individuals visiting the destination of Safranbolu, which is distinguished by its cultural heritage and historical texture, and their intention to revisit; specifically, to investigate the effect of travel motivations on revisit intention and to re…

In contemporary societies, popular culture has expanded beyond the spheres of entertainment and leisure to become a central arena for meaning-making, identity construction, and the transformation of social values. Within this context, religion and the sacred are no longer confined to institutional, ritual, or doctrina…

Digitalization has significantly altered the concepts of privacy and religiosity. Religious practices, once primarily private and introspective, are now increasingly shared through visually oriented and interactive platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. This shift has led to the aestheticization and public…

This study examines how digitalization—particularly through immersive environments such as the metaverse—transforms moral values and religious practices. As digital technologies reshape traditional value systems, two interrelated phenomena come to the fore: moral drift, the erosion of ethical boundaries within algorit…

This article explores spiritual unity beyond physical boundaries through the theme of the “geography of the soul,” conceptualized by Dariush Shayegan (1925–2018) as “visionary geography”. This study criticizes the quantitative world perception that emerged following the post-Galilean reduction of nature to a mathemati…

This study aimed to explore the relationships among authenticity of halal certificate, halal food availability, halal food trust, attitude, halal food skepticism, halal food knowledge, and intention within the halal food sector, with PLS-SEM and fsQCAs. The quantitative method included a survey questionnaire to gather…

This study examines psychological and urban barriers that limit the solo travel intentions of Muslim secular women in the context of urban tourism. The primary objective is to analyse the travel decisions of women residing in three major metropolises in Türkiye (İstanbul, Antalya, İzmir) using an integrated model of p…

Bu çalışma, Kapadokya bölgesinde turizm açısından daha az bilinen Hıristiyanlık dini yapılarını ziyaret eden turistlerin ziyaret yerine yönelik algılarını, değerlendirmelerini ve tavsiyelerini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırma, Google Maps platformunda söz konusu yapılara ilişkin paylaşılan ziyaretçi yorumlarını ni…

Bu çalışma, sürdürülebilir turizm bağlamında gıda israfını azaltmayı hedefleyen Yeşil Ramazan Uygulamasının Adana ve Mersin Hilton Otellerinde otel çalışanları tarafından nasıl algılandığını ve değerlendirildiğini incelemektedir. Araştırmada, uygulamanın işletme ve çalışanlar üzerindeki etkileri, farkındalık düzeyi, u…

This article presents a bibliometric analysis of studies conducted within the framework of “digitalization and religion,” a research area that has gained increasing popularity in recent years and has evolved into a distinctly interdisciplinary field. The main problem the article seeks to address is providing a systema…

Muslim-friendly tourism (MFT) is not a separate form of tourism but a practice that can be integrated into various types of tourism. This study explores the potential of MFT in Izmir. First, the main components of tourism products—attractions, accessibility, image, events, and enter-prises—were conceptually outlined.…

Crafting a Curial Ceremony for the Sacred CollegeExpavi faetor, cum bis terve in sacro Consistorio vidi, ad episcopatus cardinalitios promoveri aliquos, qui, vel ob nimiam senectutem, vel ob magnam corporis debilitatem, vel ob defectum episcopalium virtutum, tales reant, ut non modo non utiliores, sed vix utiles vel a…