Turistik Ürün Çeşitlendirmesi Kapsamında Ekoturizme Yönelik Projelerin Değerlendirilmesi
Evaluation of Ecotourism Projects within The Scope of Tourism Product Diversification

Summary/Abstract: It is observed that the importance of people to life in the natural environment is increasing day by day with ecotourism, which is increasing in popularity all over the world day by day. Environmental pollution caused by mass tourism, deterioration of natural habitats affects the whole world and damages ecotourism. The concept of ecotourism has an important potential because it is included in many tourism activities such as green tourism, responsible tourism, rural tourism, nature tourism, adventure tourism, bicycle tourism. It is important for the studies in the fields of ecotourism to focus on destinations with intact cultural and natural structure in terms of presenting them effectively to tourism. The aim of this study is to evaluate ecotourism, which has economic, environmental and socio-cultural benefits in the world, in terms of Turkey, and to analyze the projects made in this field. In order to collect data in the research, bibliometric analysis was used by using document analysis method and for this purpose, local, national and international printed and electronic resources were scanned. Bibliometric analysis of published projects between 1997-2021. The published studies were accessed from YÖK Akademik, Google Scholar database under the concepts of “ecotourism”, “eco-tourism", “eco-tourism". As a result, it is stated that Turkey has a serious ecotourism potential and if the activities are carried out in a planned manner, the ecotourism potential will increase.

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