An Overview of National Parks Recreational Activities and Visitor Flows in Turkey
Yazarlar (8)
Çağlayan Eray
Doç. Dr. Kübra AŞAN Sinop Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Murat Emeksiz
Anadolu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Anadolu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Yıldıray Lise
Mustafa Yılmaz
Doç. Dr. Osman Kırtel Türkiye
Arş. Gör. Şeymanur Arslan Türkiye
Haifa Ali Ragab Abuhlıga
| Bildiri Türü | Tebliğ/Bildiri | Bildiri Dili | İngilizce |
| Bildiri Alt Türü | Özet Metin Olarak Yayınlanan Tebliğ (Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum) | ||
| Bildiri Niteliği | Alanında Hakemli Uluslararası Kongre/Sempozyum | ||
| Kongre Adı | The 6.th International Conference on Monitoring and Management of Visitors in Recreational and Protected Areas | ||
| Kongre Tarihi | 21-08-2012 / 23-08-2012 | ||
| Basıldığı Ülke | İsveç | Basıldığı Şehir | Stockholm |
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| Özet |
| Tourism is an important sector with a contribution to worldwide gross domestic product (GDP) estimated at about 5%. The rate of employment tourism provides is estimated at 6–7% of the overall number of jobs worldwide (in direct and indirect terms)(UNWTO 2012). Tourism can support the protection of natural resources when local residents realize the value of their assets and want to preserve these resources. Tourism can also help the sustainable management of protected areas as an alternative for the growing number of travellers who are looking for different experiences to enjoy the natural environment. It is now accepted that despite problems tourism often creates opportunities for protected areas, tourism should be supported if its negative impacts are under controlled (WWF, 2011). Therefore, visitor impact management is ever more important as the number of tourists increases, and their distribution is often concentrated in major tourism destinations in ecologically vulnerable areas (Aloisi, 2002). In Turkey, natural and biodiversity-rich areas are protected by several different statuses such as national park, nature park, nature reserve, nature monument, wildlife reserve, specially protected area, biosphere reserve and Ramsar site. As a result of the diversity of protection statuses, protected areas are managed under different laws, regulations or international conventions and by different authorities. Currently, about 5.3% of Turkey’s land area is protected mainly and these designations focus on forest, wetland and mountain habitats and include 40 national parks, 31 nature reserves, 180 nature parks 80 wildlife reserves, 14 specially protected … |
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