TY - JOUR TT - Customs and its Role in Tourism AU - Leylonahar, Armin Saei PY - 2015 DA - June JF - A+Arch Design International Journal of Architecture and Design JO - ARCH PB - Istanbul Aydin University WT - DergiPark SN - 2149-5904 SP - 1 EP - 9 VL - 1 IS - 1 KW - İpek Yolu KW - İşletme KW - turizm KW - ekonomi KW - kültür KW - müşteri N2 - By transition of societies and passing pre-historical era, roads are developed and completed consistent with improvement and efficiency of other social institutes. Meanwhile some people explore east and west looking for new ways for better living and gained common achievements which became the base of peaceful relationship between human beings and human with nature over the centuries. These led to appearance of long and important roads. It became so plain that famous roads such as Silk Road created. The Silk Road, or Silk Route, is a network of trade and cultural transmission routes that were central to cultural interaction through regions of the Asian continent connecting the West and East by merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers, nomads, and urban dwellers from China and India to the Mediterranean Sea. Silk Road were mainly economical and were related to agricultural, industrial, handicrafts and mining merchandises. Furthermore, dealings of different nations didn’t confine just to this specific domain, but cultural, social and political exchanges were also consequences of traveling in this long and continuous road which should not be overlooked. CR - [1] The Silk Road and Arab Sea Routes, https://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch2en/conc2en/silkroad.html, (accessed September 2015) CR - [2] www.unesco.org, 2015. Interactive map of the cities along the Silk Roads, http://en.unesco.org/silkroad/network-silk-road-cities-map-app/en (accessed September 2015) CR - [3] Andrea, A.J., 2014. The Silk Road in World History, Areview Essay, Asian Review of World Histories 2:1, 105-127 CR - [4] UNWTO Silk Road Program, 2011. Experience The Silkroad Ministers’s Summit, 9March 2011 at ITB Berlin, http://unwto.org/sites/all/files/pdf/sr_ministers_summit_conclusions__progress_report_part_i.pdf (accessed September 2015) CR - [5] Birell, C., 2015. The Silk Routes of Central Asia, Notes - Royal Geographical Society of South Australia. CR - [6] GLOBE, 1990. 90 Conference, Tourism Stream, Action Strategy for Sustainable Tourism Development. Vancouver BC, Canada. CR - [7] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van,_Turkey (accessed September 2015) CR - [8] http://sites.utexas.edu/wildlife/ (accessed September 2015) CR - [9] Burkant, A.J., Medlik, S., 1974. Tourism: Past, Present and Future, William Heinemann Ltd CR - [10] Carrying capacity in mountain and Alpine Regions, 1990. "Madrid:WTo". CR - [11] The free areas, the monthly economic, social, cultural, publication, free trade zones - February 2008 Industrial, No. 80, Iran, Tehran CR - [12] The Economic Journal, 2007. Journal of Economic Affairs and the Interior, December, No. 6. CR - [13] Ali, S.A., 2010. The Spirit of Islam: A History of the Evolution and Ideals of Islam, Cosimo Classics CR - [14] Oelrichs, I., 1996. Tourism and the Host Community (in the Context of Regional Planning), Northern Rivers Regional Development Board, Hurunui District Council, NZ. CR - [15] The free areas, the monthly economic, social, cultural, publication, free trade zones - February 2008 Industrial, No. 80, Iran, Tehran UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/aarch/issue//509153 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/620362 ER -