Sustainability of Touristic Potential of the Old Van City and Castle of Van in Terms of Cultural, Historical and Natural Values

Tourism has become the world＇s fastest growing sector due to acceleration of technology and information flow in the globalized world of today, development of the modem mass transport system and increase in people＇s disposable income. Upon tourism＇s being considered as a serious development strategy in the developments of the countries, all the countries of the world have begun to accelerate their investments in this area through utilizing the natural and cultural assets of their countries （heritage） with a view to provide revenue to their economy as well as creation of jobs. This situation, which has emerged as a result of the globalization of supply and demand in tourism, has created certain problems in terms of environmental balance and the living conditions of local people as a result of poor management of the utilization of natural and cultural resources. The objective of this paper is to examine the concepts and principles germane to sustainable tourism which has significant contribution to the development of the countries, made at the macro level both in the world and in Turkey. The aim of this paper, at the micro level, is to create awareness incident to the tourism resources of the Van Region and the Old Van province and ensure the utilization of these resources through protection thereof. At the end of the study, the importance of the protection of heritage resources as well as fair use thereof in terms of increasing the competitiveness of Turkey on a global scale in tourism is addressed in the light of the overall evaluations.

论胡里安人的起源

据公元前三千纪、两千纪前期的文献记载,胡里安人生活在从底格里斯河流域北部到幼发拉底河中游的广大地区;胡里安人的三大主神的崇拜地位于底格里斯河北部和哈布尔河流域,考古发掘证实库马尔比的崇拜地乌尔凯什为胡里安人最早的居住地之一;从比较语言学的研究来看,胡里安人源于胡里安-乌拉尔图语系,生活在两河流域北部的原始胡里安-乌拉尔图人演化为历史上的胡里安人。文献、考古、语言学研究表明,胡里安人为两河流域一个本土族群。