TOURISM INFORMATION CENTERS FOR HERITAGE SITES IN LIBYA NOURA A. FARAG JANUARY 2018 TOURISM INFORMATION CENTERS FOR HERITAGE SITES IN LIBYA A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES OF ÇANKAYA UNIVERSITY BY NOURA A. FARAG IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE JANUARY 2018 ABSTRACT TOURISM INFORMATION CENTERS FOR HERITAGE SITES IN LIBYA FARAG, Noura A. M.S. Interior Architecture Department Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Çiğdem Berdi GÖKHAN January 2018, 138 pages It is a known fact that most tourism information centers are a physical location that updates tourist with any useful information for the visitors who tour around the place or the local area, it serves as a guidance and means of direction for visitors who might need to visit an unknown location. They provide tourists with the needed information on the area's famous attractions, lodgings, maps, and other items that are relevant to tourism. Mostly, these centers are controlled and managed at the airport or other port of entry, by the local government or chamber of commerce. Sometimes the visitor center is simply referred to as an information center. The visitor centers is used to provide fairly basic information about the place, with whatever corporation or event they are celebrating, acting technically, as the entry way to a place. In this thesis we present some of related studies in relation with tourism centers. Aims of this study is after explaining the concept of “Tourism”, its reasons, forms and history, and discussing the Heritage tourism, its categories and types, also the importance of tourism in the world and Libya, its development as an economic sector, history and Heritage Sites of Libya. Therefore the objective of the study is to discuss the degrees of Tourism Information Centers then select the locations in Libya and decide the activities take place there and their necessary functional areas for architectural design. A survey among the official stakeholders proves the decisions made by this study. Keywords: TIC, LIBYA, Tourist, Information Center, Culture Heritage. iv ÖZ LİBYA'DA SİT ALANLARI İÇİN TURİZM BİLGİ MERKEZLERİ FARAG, Noura A. Yüksek Lisans, İç Mimarlık Anabilim Dalı Tez Yöneticisi: Doç. Dr. Çiğdem Berdi GÖKHAN Ocak 2018, 138 sayfa TurizmBilgi Merkezi (TBM) bir yer ya da bölgeyi yerel olarak ziyaret eden ziyaretçilere turistik bilgiler sağlayan fiziksel bir yer olup, bölgenin turistik, konaklama, haritalar ve turizm ile ilgili diğer öğeler hakkında bilgi veren bir ofistir. Genellikle, bu merkezler havaalanında veya girişteki diğer limanlarda, yerel hükümet ya da ticaret odası tarafından işletilebildiği gibi yerel turızm merkezinde de bulunabilir. Genellikle bir ziyaretçi merkezine sadece bir Bilgi Merkezi denir. Ziyaretçi merkezleri, bir destinasyonu ve yerdeki etkinlikleri oldukça basit olarak bilgi vermek için kullanılırdı. Ziyaretçi merkezinin rolü son on yılda daha fazla deneyim kazanmak ve temsil ettiği yerin veya markanın hikayesini anlatmak için hızla gelişiyor. Bunların birçoğu kendi başına bir hedef ve deneyim haline gelmiştir. Bu çalışmada, "Turizm" kavramını, nedenlerini, biçimlerini ve tarihini açıklayarak, Miras turizmi, kategorileri ve türleri ile dünyadaki turizmin önemini ve turizmin önemini anlattıktan sonra. Libya’nın, ekonomi sektörü olarak turizm gelişimini, Libya'nın tarihçesi ve Sit Alanları ve (TBM'lerin) mimari analizi, faaliyetleri, işlevleri ve dünyadaki önemi anlatiliyor. Turizm bilgi merkezlerinin Libyada ki yer seçimleri, tipleri mimari özelliklerinin kararı çalışmanın amacıdır. Bu sonuç kurumsal paydaşlar arasında yapılan anket çalışmasıyla da onaylanmıştır. Anahtar Kelimerler: TBM, LİBYA, Turist, Bilgi Merkezi, Kültür Miras. v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS All praise to Allah, that today we have completed the days' of tiredness and the errand summing up towards the achievement of this humble work. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to : Assoc.Prof Dr.Çiğdem Berdi GÖKHAN for his supervision, special guidance, suggestions, and encouragement through the development of this thesis. And furthermore, I would like to thank all of the participant in the questionnaire. To the utmost knowledge lighthouse, to our greatest and most honoured prophet Mohamed - May peace and grace from Allah be upon him. To whom he strives to bless comfort and welfare and never stints what he owns to push me in the successful way, who taught me to promote life stairs wisely and patiently, to my dearest father. My beloved husband, my source of feeling safe, I would like to offer him all the thanksgiving praises in this universe because he is still by my side and still lights my life with his presence vi TABLE OF CONTENTS STATEMENT OF NON-PLAGIARISM PAGE ........................................................ iii ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ iv ÖZ ................................................................................................................................ v ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.........................................................................................vi TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................... vvii LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................. viii LIST OF TABLES ....................................................................................................... x Chapter 1 ...................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1. Need for the Study .............................................................................................................. 1 1.2. Tourism and its Importance in the World ........................................................................... 1 1.2.1. History of Travel (Tourism) ........................................................................................... 2 1.2.2. Ancient Period ................................................................................................................ 3 1.2.3. Medieval Period .......................................................................................................... 3 1.2.4. Modern Period .............................................................................................................. 3 1.3. Factors of Rapid Growth of Tourism ................................................................................. 4 1.3.1. Basic Reasons and Motivation for Travel .................................................................... 4 1.3.2. Forms Of Tourism .......................................................................................................... 5 1.4. Aims of Thesis .................................................................................................................... 8 1.5. Thesis Work Plan ................................................................................................................ 9 Chapter 2 .................................................................................................................... 10 TOURISM AND ITS IMPORTANCE FOR LIBYA ................................................ 10 2.1. The development of tourism and its importance as an economic sector, in Libya ............ 11 vii 2.2. Some Concept About Tourism And Heritage ................................................................... 12 2.3. Location And History of Libya ......................................................................................... 13 2.4. Tourism potential areas and subjects of Libya .................................................................. 16 2.4.1. Leisure Tourism ........................................................................................................... 16 2.4.1.1. Tripoli ................................................................................................................. 16 2.4.1.2. Benghazi ............................................................................................................. 18 2.4.2. Business Tourism ......................................................................................................... 20 2.4.2.1. Misrata ................................................................................................................ 20 2.4.2.2. Tobruk................................................................................................................. 21 2.4.2.3. Sirte ..................................................................................................................... 23 2.4.2.4. Tajura .................................................................................................................. 25 2.4.3. Family Tourism ............................................................................................................ 27 2.4.3.1. Derna .................................................................................................................. 27 2.4.3.2. Ubari ................................................................................................................... 29 2.4.4. Heritage Tourism .......................................................................................................... 32 2.4.4.1.