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bout 2.5 million guests, one fourth
of them from foreign countries, visit
Konya annually. There are 27 hotels
having touristic certificate, of them three
are of five stars and seven are of four stars.
Bed number in the city will soon be reach to
10,912.
With its proliferated service offerings, Konya
region has more potential for being a com-
petitive power in the region to attract guests
for especially in the fields of belief, cong-
ress, historical, cultural and health tourism.
Belief tourism is the most promising field, the
competitive advantage in this area, will have
positive effects on other fields.
Major assets for belief tourism in Konya are
as follows: Hz. Mevlâna Tomb and museum,
Şems-i Tebrîzi mosque and tomb, Ateşbâz-ı
Velî tomb, Kilistra (Church, chapel), Sille (his-
torical mosque and church), Seyyid Mahmud
Hayrani tomb (Akşehir), Seyyid Harun Veli
complex (Seydişehir), Ebu Said Muhammed
Hadimî tomb (Hadim), Handevi Kandevi
resort and tomb (Ilgın).
History and Culture Tourism
Historical and cultural tourism is the second
strategic field that has great potential for furt-
her development. Studies show the fact that
the basic assets in Konya are highly valuable
for tourists by having the remains and artifa-
cts belonging to a past of about 10 thousand
years and shedding light to whole humanity
about the deep history in the region.
Major assets in Konya available for historical
and cultural tourism businesses: Çatalhöyük
Neolitik Kenti (Çumra), Boncuklu Höyük (Çum-
ra), Karahöyük (Meram), İvriz Hitit Kaya Anıtı
(Halkapınar), Kilistra (Meram), Sille (Selçuklu),
Eflatunpınar Hitit Su Anıtı (Beyşehir), Fasıllar Hi-
tit Anıtı (Beyşehir), Yalburt Anıtı (Ilgın), Vasada
Antik Kenti (Seydişehir), Zengibar Kalesi (Boz-
kır), Obruk Hanı (Karatay), Zazadin Hanı (Sel-
çuklu), Horozlu Han (Selçuklu), Kızılören Hanı
(Meram), Dokuzun Hanı (Selçuklu), Kadın Hanı
(Kadınhanı), Pamukçu Han (Meram), Eli Kesik
Han (Derbent), Zalmanda Hanı (Altınekin),
Zıvarık Hanı (Altınekin), Belbaşı Hanı (Akören),
Alâeddin Mosque, Mevlâna Türbe ve Mu-
seum, Sahipata Museum ve Complex, İplikçi
Mosque, Şerafeddin Mosque, Şeyh Sadreddin
Konevî Mosque ve Türbesi, Karatay Mad-
rasa ve Museum, İnce Minare Madrasa ve
Museum, Ali Gav Madrasa, Alâeddin Köşkü,
Kubad Abad Saray Sitesi (Beyşehir), Eşrefoğ-
lu Mosque ve Complex (Beyşehir), Kentsel
Sit Alanı (Beyşehir), Köşk Mosque (Hüyük),
Hisarlık Mosque (Bozkır), Kapı Mosque, Aziziye
Mosque, Sultan Selim Mosque, Piri Mehmet
Konyadevelopes inbelief, congress,
culture and health tourism industries
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Çıpan
Konya Province Culture and Tourism Manager
“Konya has a growth
potential for further
developments in belief,
congress, culture and
health tourism indust-
ries.”