The opinions of the local people of Hacıbektaş town about cultural tourism and Hacı Bektaş Veli

Abstract

The Turkish philosopher Hacı Bektaş Veli who lived in 13th century in Sulucakarahöyük village of Nevşehir province assumed a very important role in the foundation of the Ottoman Empire and Turkification of Anatolia. The Hacı Bektaş Veli complex has been taken into the temporary list of world heritage. The purpose this research is to determine the opinions of the local people living at the Centrum of Hacıbektaş town about cultural tourism and Hacı Bektaş Veli. This study is a deterministic study using quantitative survey research. The sample was 200 local people living in Hacıbektaş town. The data were collected by a 28 item Likert type survey developed by the researchers to determine the opinions of the local people about the cultural tourism and Hacı Bektaş Veli. The data was analyzed 420 ICPESS 2017, 19-22 May, 2017 Sarajevo-BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA Abstracts Book ICPESS 2017, 19-22 Mayıs 2017, Saraybosna-BOSNA HERSEK Bildiri Özetleri Kitabı by the use SPSS 22 packaged software. The analyses were carried out using percentage (%), mean ( ? ) values, t-test, and one way variance analysis ANOVA and Scheffe multiple comparison tests. The data revealed that there was a statistically significant difference in the opinions according to the ages of the participants. The opinions of those between 45-65 age span are much more positive than those in under 24 years of age group. According to the findings of the research also determined that there were no statistically significant changes in the opinions of the participants according to gender, occupation, educational status and the time of residence in the town.