According to the United Nations World Health Organization data, as an animal-borne disease which occurs through direct contact between animals and humans or through the usage of food, water and environment, Zoonoses infects 2,5 billion individuals annually leading to the death of 2,7 million individuals. As the last pandemic originated from zoonoses, COVID-19 has caused the infection of 280 million of individuals from the first transmission of the disease to humans and death of 5,5 millions of individuals. Zoonoses can pose a risk particularly for individuals who participate in outdoor recreational activities, for health purposes. This study was carried out to measure the knowledge level of individuals about zoonosis, and the effect of the zoonosis risk perception on the participation to outdoor recreation. A survey was carried out by interviewing 474 adults in person who applied to the Family Health Centers near Mogan and Eymir Lake in the Gölbaşı district of Ankara, which are among the wetlands with high risk potential. Study findings report zoonosis is not perceived as a risk and does not create any reservations in participation in outdoor recreational activities despite the awareness of individuals.

This study aims to investigate the effects of COVID-19 on the regional tourism sector indices. Statistical analyzes have been carried out by using regional tourism sector indices including North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The research includes a two-year period between 22 January 2020-22 January 2022 starting from the date when COVID-19 started to spread worldwide. That period was divided quarterly into eight parts for analysis. The research which is based on daily data uses COVID-19 data in the world and in the regions included in the scope of the current study.. The numbers of daily cases, daily deaths, cumulative cases and cumulative deaths were taken as COVID-19 data. The findings of the study reveals that the regional daily deaths related to COVID-19 is the most effective item which affected the regional tourism sector indices negatively. The study contributes to the literature with its wide scope including regional and periodic comparisons.

Rapidly developing railway vehicles since the middle of the 19th century were first designed to carry load and goods. The railway, which became one of the important symbols of economic development in a short time, soon began to be used for passenger transportation. People’s search for luxury and comfortable journey opportunities has led to great innovations in railway transportation. One of these innovations is “sleeping cars”. These wagons were first used in America; It later spread to Europe. Interaction between countries has increased rapidly with railway transportation, which is a tool of political and cultural interaction, especially economy. In this study, the first journey of the “Orient Express”, which connects the continents of Europe and Asia, is discussed. The observations of the writer Edmond About, who personally participated in this trip, about the train’s first journey and its route were conveyed, supported by different sources. Thus, it has been tried to fill the gaps that were not mentioned in the previous studies about the train’s first journey, which were not discussed in detail and were left incomplete. The events witnessed in Istanbul, where most of the travel took place, were also confirmed by utilizing the sources of the period.

Sports events are critical happenings which contribute to the destination brand. Football also supports brands of destinations in relation to the importance of this activitiy in the lives of individuals. In this context the aim of this study is to examine the effect of fan identification level on the destination image and destination attachment. The population of the research pertains to the fans of Fenerbahçe Club. The sample group includes the fans of that club who visit or reside in Kadıköy, Istanbul. The research which is designed as a quantitative study including regression analysis reveals that the fan identification level has a positive effect on the destination image and destination attachment.

Since tourism is dependent on climate and weather, determining bioclimatic conditions is important for tourism planning. This study aims to determine the bioclimatic comfort conditions of the Black Sea coastline and to evaluate the results in terms of the Black Sea tourism. For this purpose, the coastline was divided into 1°×1° areas, and the Temperature Humidity Index (THI) values were calculated. The innovative aspect of this study is that the temperature and relative humidity data used in THI calculations were obtained by remote sensing instead of meteorology stations. The advantage of remote sensing is the wide coverage and freely available data. Temperature and relative humidity data between 2003 and 2022 were obtained from the AIRS sensor onboard NASA’s Aqua satellite. According to the calculated THI values, four different comfort classes were found on the Black Sea coastline as cold, cool, comfortable, and warm. When the meteorological data and THI values are examined, it is seen that the Western and Eastern Black Sea Regions show different haracteristics. It has been seen that the Western Black Sea is more suitable for sea tourism and the Eastern Black Sea Region is more suitable for nature and highland tourism. The results of the study are expected to guide decision-makers in the development of tourism.

One of the qualitative research approaches, phenomenology, is a method used to reveal the experiences of individuals about phenomena. Meanwhile, phenomenological sociology is the interpretation of phenomenology with a sociological perspective. In present study, phenomenology studies carried out in the field of tourism were examined within the scope of phenomenological sociology antecedents. The presence of the antecedents in the determined studies is also important in terms of representing the sociological point of view. Descriptive analysis was used in the interpretations. All the data examined in the study were compiled from two databases (Dergipark and Anadolu University Library Databases Collective Search). As a result of the analysis, it has been seen that phenomenological tourism studies are insufficient to explain phenomenology sociologically. In this context, the antecedents of phenomenological sociology, “us and them” relationship, “intersubjectivity”, “in-order-to and because” motives and “social constructivism” are less frequently represented in the studies; It has been observed that sociological justifications are used in the “lifeworld”, “experience” and “bracketing” antecedents and that these contexts are frequently used in the explanations.

This study aims to investigate the satisfaction of paragliding tourists on various destination attributes as well as the influence of each attribute on destination satisfaction by using Asymmetric Impact Performance Analysis (AIPA), which is based on asymmetric relationships. Moreover, differences among the domestic and foreign tourists in terms of their perceptions about destination attributes are examined. The results of the data analysis based on the survey including 408 respondents showed that beach/sea and security/safety were excitement factors with high performance. On the other hand, information, accommodation, entertainment and personnel attributes were identified as basic factors with high performance, while cleanliness, price, shopping and gastronomy attributes were the basic factors with low performance. In addition, the study also reports that there are differences among domestic and foreign tourists in terms of their perceptions about destination attributes.

The need for researchers to publish, to find or to protect the place in the academic life tempts some groups and people who want profit and therefore leads to emergence of predatory journals. The aim of this study is to investigate the predatory, shady and unqualified journals/publishers and the researchers who publishes there, on an ethical basis. The researcher of this study uses his own observations and evidence based reflective practices as the method of the research to conduct this study with secondary sources. Purposive sampling method was used to select doubtful, unqualified articles and papers that are published in the predatory journals and publishers. Even though the quantity of the articles published in the field of leisure studies are increasing, some of them has some quality and ethical problems. In order to solve these problems, more focus should be given on academic advancement processes, system of incentives and research publishing ethics. The ethical violations should be punished and articles published in Q1 and Q2 journals should be encouraged.

A passport means a document that is given by authorized institutions to those who will go to foreign countries and is valid for identity examination. The passport practice in the Ottoman Empire emerged as a product of the modern state understanding in the 19th century. With this practice, which is based on the concern of controlling population and migration movements, it is aimed to protect public order. It is seen that the type of document called “road provision” in the Ottoman classical period took the name “mürur tezkire” by the 19th century, and by 1867, the passport practice in the modern sense was started with the regulation issued directly for the passport. Two regulations enacted in 1884 and 1894 and the passport law of 1911 gave the final form to passport practices in the Ottoman Empire. In this study, a passport used at that time is introduced.

With the genre of travel writing, solo works are created in our literature, and in time, these works were called “travel writing” or “journey writing”. However, in the stories and novels created as fiction, the works in which the story arc is based on the trip have also been revealed. The author either went to the places mentioned before creating the text or as a result of his research, he had information about that place without going at all. In this way, the reader took a trip with the help of a literary text, gained a sense of curiosity about the places mentioned, and dreams of going to those places in the future. Ahmet Hikmet Müftüoğlu’s novel “Gönül Hanım”, which has an important place in Turkish literature as it is the first work that mentions Central Asia and inscriptions, is about the journey of a group of friends who escaped from the prison camp in Moscow and went to the inscriptions in Mongolia. In this study, travel in “Gönül Hanım” is discussed.

Mankind has lived in motion in every period of history. In this context, he traveled from one place to another for various reasons and purposes. The Turkish nation also formed an essential link in this process. During thehistorical process, Turks traveled for multiple reasons. The Turks mostly moved to other geographies from the regions they were in for the war. As a requirement of shamanism, Turks also made legendary and imaginary travels. Again, in the first Turkish sources of the Islamic period, it is understood that people traveled individually or collectively. This article will give information about the travels of the Turks in the first known times and the first periods when they accepted Islam and the content of these travels.

Tourist guidance education and practices, which are given in different ways around the world, have attracted the attention of researchers in recent years. Because tourist guidance education and practices differ according to the decisions in their own countries, regardless of the development level of the countries. For this purpose, in this study, countries with various levels of development from all continents were selected as a sample, and a general research was conducted on the tourist guidance trainings and practices they provided. As a result of the research, in general, it is possible to say that in the tourist guidance educations of the countries, trainings based on theoretical knowledge rather than practical training are included and the training durations differ, tourist guides are authorized with a certificate or license. In addition, there are various classifications in tourist guidance, tourist guides in leading countries in the tourism sector know foreign languages and there are legal regulations regarding the profession in this countries.

We continue with the book introduction articles that we started in the last issue, with the original title of “Culinary Cultures of the Middle East”, translated into Turkish with the title of “Ortadoğu Mutfak Kültürleri”. Although the book was republished under the title “A Taste of Thyme: Culinary Cultures of the Middle East” in the following years, the translation was made on the first edition of the book. The book includes revised versions of the papers presented at the conference organized by the Center for Near and Middle East Studies at the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies in 1992.

EuroCHRIE, the European branch of the CHRIE, the association of academic and sectoral partners from 150 countries in the fields of hospitality, tourism, and events management, holds an international conference in autumn every year. The conference focuses on new horizons to shape the future of education in hospitality, tourism, events and culinary arts. EuroCHRIE 2022 hosted by the Wittenborg University of Applied Sciences, took place in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands between 24 – 27 October 2022 with theme of “Thrive on Innovation and Entrepreneurship”. A total of 56 papers and 19 posters were presented. EuroCHRIE 2023 will happen in Austria with the theme of “Changing Realities and New Opportunities” to be hosted by the University of Applied Sciences for Management and Communication Vienna.