SAĞLIK TURİZMİ KAPSAMINDA DİVRİĞİ DESTİNASYONUNUN SU KÜLTÜ: WATER CULT OF DİVRİĞİ DESTINATION WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HEALTH TOURISM

Figen ARSLAN KOÇKAYA

doi:10.5281/zenodo.15316275

Authors

Figen ARSLAN KOÇKAYA Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversity https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7207-3247

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15316275

Keywords:

Health Tourism, Divriği, Balneotherapy, Healing Water

Abstract

Within the scope of health tourism, balneotherapy (healing with water) is a type of treatment method preferred as an alternative to the protocols used by modern medicine in the treatment of diseases today. The tradition of using sources, mineral springs, hot springs and springs believed to be healing in various destinations around the world in the treatment of certain diseases has been going on for centuries. The aim of this study is to indicate that the destination of Divriği, which has the necessary ground for the realization of many types of tourism, also has a certain potential within the scope of health tourism. There are many water sources believed to be healing in the destination of Divriği, most of which are in rural areas. The healing power of these waters, which are frequented by patients, is based on the belief of the people who visit that the water is healing. Health tourism continues to be an important type of tourism in our country as well as in the world. It is thought that the Divriği district of Sivas will contribute positively to the district's tourism income by using this potential. In order to ensure the continuity of tourism consumers who come to the district for various reasons such as healing, finding peace or fulfilling a vow and to fulfill sustainable tourism goals, both the public and private sectors need to determine the road map of the district's tourism in an interactive and coordinated manner as soon as possible.

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WATER CULT OF DİVRİĞİ DESTINATION WITHIN THE SCOPE OF HEALTH TOURISM