NEVŞEHİR YÖRESİ GELENEKSEL EĞLENCE UNSURLARININ TURİZMDE KULLANIMI

Cultural tourism is one of the important tourism activities which have been organized by many countries as activity of alternative tourism against sea, sand and sun tourism today. Countries that have a rooted cultural past use these cultural factors for tourism. Besides, it is provided that the culture is sustained and transferred to the next generations by using these cultural factors in tourism. One of the factors which have an important position within the cultural tourism is entertainment culture. Entertainment is one of the important factors which are applied in order to make use of people’s spare time and let off stress. Entertainment which is known to exist before cultures is known as a means which people make use their spare time and enjoy themselves particularly winter nights in the past. Entertainment factors are significant regarding supply of communication among the individuals in addition to fun. People today spend time by organizing activities related to wedding, feast and seasonal cycle with the slimming. In these activities, traditional games are played and various shows are performed. These factors also aim to entertain while having fun. These entertainments are performed in mass environments like village square, coffeehouse and village chamber. However, entertainment culture has also undergone a change and transformation with the development of technology. Nonetheless, folklore products are benefited in the creation of entertainment factors and done activities today too. In the study, entertainment factors of Nevşehir region where hosted many cultures in the past and is rich in terms of entertainment culture will be dwelled on and also usage of these factors will be evaluated in tourism.