THE IMPACT OF KARAGÜL (BLACKROSE) TV SERIES ON VISIT DECISION OF TOURISTS VISITING OLD HALFETİ TOWN, IN TERMS OF SERIES TOURISM
DİZİ TURİZMİ BAĞLAMINDA KARAGÜL TELEVİZYON DİZİSİ’NİN ESKİ HALFETİ’İYİ ZİYARET EDEN TURİSTLERİN ZİYARET KARARLARI ÜZERİNDEKİ ETKİSİ

Author : Mehmet Sait ŞAHİNALP -- Bedir ÇİFTÇİ - Veysi GÜNAL
Number of pages : 271-284

Abstract

Series/film tourism, with the shortest descriprion, is a kind of cultural tourism realized by viewers aim to see natural and historical places, cultural environment, series sets and studios, series stars they viewed in TV series or movies. The main subject of this paper is the impact of Karagül (Blackrose) TV series on decision of tourists visited Old Halfeti Town. This paper aims to find out how Karagül series affected visitors’ decision making process and which features of this series impressed visitors. To get visitors’ opinions, Random Survey Methods were used and the results obtained from questionaries are analized by statistical methods. The findings of analyses show that many people have had knowledge about Old Halfeti thanks to Karagül series. The theme of Karagül series and characters portrayed in, natural and historical places, lifestyle shown in this series have also aroused curiosity in people and played an important role on decision to visit Old Halfeti Town.

Keywords

Tourism, Series Tourism, Tourism Geography, Sanliurfa, Halfeti

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