Evaluations towards kasaba villlage Mahmutbey Mosque UNESCO tentative list and Kastamonu tourism

UNESCO's main objective is to preserve the common heritage of all cultures and civilizations on the earth from past to present and from generation to generation, aiming to protect the cultural, natural and mixed assets of the member states by taking them to the Tentative and World Heritage List. The purpose of this thesis is to determine how Mahmutbey Mosque and its environment, which were taken to the UNESCO Tentative List on 15 April 2014, were affected in terms of tourism from UNESCO's action. Relevant stakeholders in Kastamonu during UNESCO process until today, local visitors visiting Mahmutbey Mosque and local community living in Kastamonu Village constitute the universe of the study. Judgmental Sampling Method for qualitative procedure and Simple Random Sampling Method for quantitative procedure was preferred in the sample of study. With the help of obtained secondary data, interview form for stakeholders involved in the joining process of Mahmutbey Mosques to Tentative List and local community was prepared. Interviews were interpreted with Content and Descriptive Analysis. A questionnaire was created for the visitors who visited Mahmutbey Mosque. The data obtained from the questionnaire were analyzed with statistical program. In this study, Pearson correlation test and the effectors on satisfaction were analyzed by Regression test, and variety of the scale scores according to demographic variables were analyzed by independent groups t and ANOVA tests. Besides, multiple comparisons between the groups were analyzed with Tukey test for points which ANOVA test found difference. In the light of the findings; it is seen that no works have been carried out for Mahmutbey Mosque to be transferred from UNESCO Tentative List to UNESCO World Heritage List. According to the visitors; the biggest problem that Mahmutbey Mosque can be gained to tourism is the lack of publicity. Although it is not thought that the Mahmutbey Mosque's inclusion in the Tentative List has a great impact on local development, the opinion of the locals living in Kasaba Village increases the quality and prestige of life.