اطلاعات کنفرانس توريسم مذهبی شهر قونيه ترکيه

International Conference on Religious Tourism and Tolerance

May 09, 2013 - May 12, 2013, Konya, Turkey

http://rtt2013.konya.edu.tr/

Paper Submission Deadline:
Sep 30, 2012

Deadline for participant registration:
Feb 20, 2013

RTT2013 aims to discuss various aspects of the religious tourism, the International Conference on Religious Tourism and Tolerance (RTT2013) will be held in Konya, Turkey on 9-12 May, 2013. Convening the RTT2013 in Konya also carries an important message, as the city hosts Mevlâna Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, well-known in the West as  Rumi, a very prominent Sufi thinker and famous poet (d. 1273), whose teaching fosters   respect among humanity, love of God, and religious tolerance, inspiring today's multi-cultural societies .

 The RTT2013 will focus, among others, on the following topics:

1. New directions in religious tourism
2. Motivations behind religious tourism
3. Pilgrimage, tourism and dialogues of cultures
4. Management of international pilgrimage travels
5. Sustainability of religious tourism
6. Clustering in religious tourism
7. Religious festivals and tourism
8. Religious tourism and inter-cultural tolerance
9. Perceptions of "the other" in religious tourism
10. Guidance for faith-based tourism
11. Protection of and respect for the places of worship
12. Socio-cultural impacts of religious tourism
13. Environmental impacts of religious tourism
14. Economic aspects of religious tourism
15. Mapping the holy routes
16. Diaspora and religious tourism
17. Disability and religious tourism
18. Management and maintenance of sacred sites
19. Spiritual dimensions of a religious journey
20. New directions in marketing of religious destinations
21. Holy sites for different beliefs in Anatolia
22. Sacred foods and drinks & religious dietary issues
23. Role of religious tourism in conflict resolution
24. Commercialization of sacred places
25. Holy sites in a neo-liberal world