Gizem KANDEMİR ALTUNEL, Yağmur ÖZER, ORHAN AKOVA

Turizmde Maneviyat Arayış Aracı Olarak Yoga

Son yıllarda dünya üzerinde artan nüfus artışıyla birlikte gelişen; gürültü, trafik, iş sıkıntıları, hastalık gibi kişiyi direkt veya dolaylı olarak etkileyen problemlerin ortaya çıkması kişileri bir arayışa itmektedir. İnsanlar bu problemlerden uzaklaşmak ve kendini bulmak amacıyla turizm adı altında birçok alt pazarı denemeye ve beraberinde yeni arayışlara girmeye başlamıştır. Bu çalışma; yoga turizmini maneviyat arayışı olarak benimseyen kişiler üzerinde yapılan nitel olay incelemesini sunmaktadır. Çalışmanın amacı; kişilerin yoga turizmi ile hangi amaçlarla inzivaya çekildiklerini saptayabilmek ve bu turizmi kullanan kişilerin geri dönüşümlerini mülakatlar aracılığıyla ve katılımcıların katkılarıyla incelemektir. Bu çalışmada insanların neden inziva alanlarına seyahat ettiklerini incelemek amacıyla yapılandırılmış görüşme tekniği kullanılmıştır. Daha önce inziva amacıyla yoga seyahati yapmış kişiler İstanbul genelinde saptanıp bunlar arasından 30 katılımcıya 17 soru yöneltilerek güvenilir bilgiler elde edilmeye çalışılmıştır. Veri toplama işlemi veri doygunluğuna ulaşıldığında bitirilmiş olup çalışma bulgularına göre yoga turistlerinin özellikle maneviyat arayışı olarak gerçekleştirdikleri seyahatlerinden sonra; bu kişilerde olumlu psikolojik etkiler gözle görülür bir şekilde verilen cevaplar aracılığıyla saptanmıştır

Yoga as a Spiritual Awakening Instrument in Tourism

With the increasing population growth in the world in recent years; problems such as noise, traffic, work problems, illness, etc. directly or indirectly affect the emergence of people. People started to try many sub markets under the name of tourism in order to get away from these problems and find themselves. This work; It presents a qualitative case study on people who adopt yoga tourism as a search for spirituality. Purpose of the study; The purpose of this course is to determine the reasons of the people's seclusion with yoga tourism and the recycling of the people using this tourism through the interviews and the contributions of the participants. In this study, structured interview technique was used to investigate why people travel to retreats. Previously, people who had a yoga trip for the purpose of hermitage were identified throughout Istanbul and among these, 17 questions were asked to 30 participants and reliable information was obtained. Data collection was completed after data saturation was reached and after the travels of yoga tourists as a search for spirituality according to the study findings; positive psychological effects in these individuals were determined by the answers given in a visible manner.

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