Understanding Impacts of Cultural Tourism on Sustainability of Rural Architecture in Three Villages of Bursa

Year 2019, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 87 - 107, 15.12.2019

Sermin Çakıcı Alp , Elif Acar Bilgin

https://doi.org/10.31822/jomat.599612

Cited By: 5

Abstract

This paper
aims to describe consequences of cultural tourism for sustainability of rural
architectural heritage, forming traditional identity of three villages, named
as Misi, Gölyazı, and Tirilye, in Bursa. Before making a detailed assessment, it is better to give
brief information about legalization concerning relation in between tourism and
rural architectural heritage. Afterwards, the common values of selected case
studies are given while also evaluating the problems and threats on their
sustainability. It concludes with recommendations defining what can be done to
conserve and reuse rural architectural heritage in villages of a historic city
while preventing and improving them against touristic demands. Hence, this
study is essential as investigating the challenges in conservation of rural
areas in City of Bursa, one of the
UNESCO World Heritage Sites (WHS) in Turkey, while revealing rise of touristic activities
together with increasing interest and public awareness in its architectural and
natural heritage.

Keywords

tourism, sustainability, rural architecture, Bursa

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