COMENIUS PROJECT
“STEP BY STEP TO A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE”
POLLAND MEETING
12-17.09.2010
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SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
IN TURKEY
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WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE TOURISM?
• It can be defined as to ensure the
continuity,protecting,and the development
of regional and local features which are
the general source of tourism.
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM?
• While developing the tourism the main
purpose of Sustainable Tourism is to
gurantee its long-term sustainability by
considering the environmental, economic
and socio-cultural factors and their well
balanced running.
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• In achieving this objective, economic, social
and aesthetic needs which provides the
cultural integrity and increasing the
biological diversity and support of life, has
become important with the planning of the
management of all types of resources.
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• Tourism activities carried out in Turkey
have gained importance and developed
especially in the Aegean and
Mediterranean coasts.
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• In addition to archaeological and cultural
richness Turkey has got great richness in
terms of its natural values. With its
interesting geological structure, climate
and thousands of plant and animal species
Turkey is showing a great and multi
potential.
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• In Turkey there are some different types of
projects supported by the Ministry of
Tourism to protect the natural life and the
sustainable environment
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Project ATAK
• It is a project started in 1989 and includes
the towns and villages in the Aegean and
Mediterranean nearly 2000 km coastline.
The project at first was designed to make
better the deficiencies with the
infrastructure but then it was defined as
the new coastal management methods.
This project is planned to be completed by
the year 2020.
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Project Blue Flag:
• In order to monitor the general environmental
standards with adequate water quality services
of beaches and marinas Turkey is a part of the
international "Blue Flag” project.
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Belek Management Plan
• Belek Management Plan which was
established on the initiative of international
organizations (the World Conservation
Union, World Bank) in 1996, aims to
protect and develop the natural and
cultural environment.
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Project Highland &
VillageTourism:
• It was started from the Eastern Black Sea,
Mediterranean (Taurus highlands) plateaus but
today many of the activities within this project
are spreaded all around the country.
• In this project up to date 26 highlands has been
declared as “Highland Tourism Centers"
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Trekking in the Nature Project:
• With in the scope of this project and in the
Tourism phenomenon the whole natural and
environmental potential is taken into
consideration with a detailed planned
approach.
• Thus it is aimed to enrich the tourism types
and activities, to develop the supply capacity,
to bring into service and to introduce the
different and new alternative tourism areas
and to benefit the different areas from the
economic and social contribution of the
Sustainable Tourism.
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River Tourism(Canoeing-Rafting) Project:
• A significant part of streaming inTurkey,
especially River Çoruh, River Fırat,
Manavgat-Alara-Dim-Göksu and etc. are
very convenient for canoeing and water
skiing.
• And day by day both the number of the
tourists in this tourism and the importance
given to this area by the Ministry of
Tourism is increasing
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Bicycle Tour Routes
Development Project:
• In addition to tourism activities such as
trekking, rafting, etc. as a requirement of
our policy of diversification and handled
with a soft approach to tourism bicycle
tours as an attractive outdoor sports has
drew more and more interest.
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Horse riding in the Nature Project:
• Horse riding and walking with horses in
the nature project is organized by the
travel agencies in the regions such as
Kastamonu, Muğla and Antalya.
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Cave Tourism Project :
• In terms of Tourism diversity cave tourism in our
country has a considerable potential.
• Karstification which is an important attribute in
terms of cave formation especially have led to
the formation of hundreds of large and small
caves in the regions of Taurus, Central Anatolia,
Southeastern Anatolia, Thrace and
Northwestern Anatolia.
• In the past the caves were only subject for the
scientific and sportive activities but today this
has changed and with some arrangement in and
around the caves they have been presented to
the service of alternative Tourism.
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Sporting Fishing:
• Sporting, recreational and animatif activities
meet the needs in this direction and extend the
period of stay thus as the activities of increasing
the contribution of tourism has a great
importance in terms of our country.
• However, according to the research results, the
length of stay of tourists coming to Turkey is
lower than the other Mediterranean countries
and this is attributed to limited recreational
activities in our country.
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Bird Observation(Ornithology):
• Perhaps the most important bridge used in
the migration of birds especialy among the
continents from north to south,south to
north,west to east,east to west directions
is in Turkey.
• Turkey became a party to the RAMSAR
Convention and there are many RAMSAR
sites(wet lands) which have international
importance and where many types of birds
are wintering and propogating.
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Botany (Plant Inspection) Tourism:
• Turkey has very rich flora. In addition to
many european countries it is also very
rich among the neighboring countries.
• The number of plant species in the whole
of Europe is about 12 000 but this number
for only Turkey is around 9 000.
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Hunting Tourism:
• Although Turkey has got a great potential
in terms of its geographical structure,
vegetation and hunting sources, it can not
get enough shares amoung the other
european countries from hunting tourism.
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THANKS TO EVERYONE
WHO CONTRIBUTED TO
THE SUSTAINABILITY
OF OUR WORLD
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