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THE ALTERNATIVE TOURISM POTENTIAL OF MANAVGAT (ANTALYA)

Year 2018, Issue: 3, 20 - 27, 31.03.2018
https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.387029

Abstract

The area of this
study is located at the Mediterranean coast of Turkey in the Antalya Sub-Region
of Mediterranean Region. Manavgat as one of the township of Antalya province is
located between the Northern latitudes of
36o 38ı 22ıı and 37o 25ı 45ıı, and the Eastern longitudes of 31o 02ı 25ıı and 31o 44ı 35ıı. The area of township is 2 283
square kilometers.

The primary aim
of the study is to point out alternative
tourism
potential in Manavgat and to determine what kind of effort can be
made to improve the type of tourism activities. The other aim of this research
is to determine what kind of long lead impacts of alternative tourism
activities.

Having
been observed in the other tourism regions as well, the
financial effect is of great significance as one of the foremost effects within
the region. The local community intending to benefit from the economic outcomes
of tourism within the research area is mostly interested in that aspect of
tourism for good reason. Thus among the numerous negative effects of tourism in
the region the most outstanding of them is the environmental effects. Several
dimensions of environmental effects can be discussed such as solid waste
pollution, water pollution, and the distortion of natural appearance due to the
tourism facilities. Determining the ways of solutions for these issues by
thoroughly revealing the environmental effects in the research area is crucial.

In Turkey
Manavgat is one of the places where tourism
boom
of the 1980s was experienced. The waterfalls, beaches, caves, streams,
mountainous areas, many plant and wild animal species all lead the county to
tend towards alternative tourism.









In the tourism
activities in the research field, it is seen that the contribution of
alternative tourism is increasing more and more. Activities like ecological
walks, rafting, tableland tourism, safari, mountain trekking attract attention
as prominent alternative tourism activities to be improved.

References

  • Andereck, K. L. (2009). “Tourists’ Perceptions of Environmentally Responsible Innovations at Tourism Businesses”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 17 (4): 489-499.
  • ATİM (Antalya Turizm İl Müdürlüğü). (2009).
  • http://www.antalyakulturturizm.gov.tr/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFF8EA1CD9E2C2273EF1ECB17909A585E2A adresinden 10.12.2009 tarihinde erişildi.
  • Clifton, J. & Benson, A. (2006). “Planning for Sustainable Ecotourism: The Case for Research Ecotourism in Developing Country Destinations”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 14 (3): 238-254.
  • Dolnicar, S. (2010). “Identifying Tourists with Smaller Environmental Footprints”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18 (6): 717-734.
  • Dolnicar, S., Crouch, G. I. & Long, P. (2008). “Environment-friendly Tourists: What Do We Really Know About Them?”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 16 (2): 197-210.
  • Hiwasaki, L. (2003). “Tourism in Japan’s Parks and Protected Areas: Challenges and Potential for Sustainable Development”, International Review for Environmental Strategies, 4 (1): 107-126.
  • Kuvan, Y. (2010). “Mass Tourism Development and Deforestation in Turkey”, Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 21 (1): 155-168.
  • McIntosh, A. J. & Zahra, A. (2007). “A Cultural Encounter through Volunteer Tourism: Towards the Ideals of Sustainable Tourism?”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 15 (5): 541-556.
  • Ooi, N. & Laing, J. H. (2010). “Backpacker Tourism: Sustainable and Purposeful? Investigating the Overlap between Backpacker Tourism and Volunteer Tourism Motivations”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18 (2): 191-206.
  • Stankova, S., Chenkova, N., Penerliev, M., Vladev, D. & Krastev, T. (2008). “The Protected Territories in the North-Eastern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Their Part in the Alternative Tourism Development”, Geographical Phorum-Geographical Studies and Environment Protection Research, 7 (7): 157-166.
  • Stronza, A. (2001). “Anthropology of Tourism: Forging New Ground for Ecotourism and Other Alternatives”, Annu. Rev. Anthropology, 30: 261-283.
  • TIES (The International Ecotourism Society). (2010).
  • http://www.ecotourism.org/site/c.orLQKXPCLmF/b.4835303/k.BEB9/What_is_Ecotourism_The_International_Ecotourism_Society.htm adresinden 7.11.2010 tarihinde erişildi.
  • Zanotti, L. & Chernela, J. (2008). “Conflicting Cultures of Nature: Ecotourism, Education and the Kayap'o of the Brazilian Amazon”, Tourism Geographies, 10 (4): 495-521.
  • WTO. (2008). World Tourism Barometer, Madrid: World Tourism Organization Press.

MANAVGAT’IN (ANTALYA) ALTERNATİF TURİZM POTANSİYELİ

Year 2018, Issue: 3, 20 - 27, 31.03.2018
https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.387029

Abstract

Araştırma sahası
Türkiye’nin Akdeniz kıyısında Akdeniz Bölgesi’nin Antalya Bölümü’nde
bulunmaktadır. Antalya’nın bir ilçesi olan Manavgat 36o 38ı
22ıı ve 37o 25ı 45ıı kuzey
enlemleri ile 31o 02ı 25ıı ve 31o
44ı 35ıı doğu boylamları arasında konumlanmıştır. İlçenin
yüz ölçümü 2 283 km2’dir.

Araştırmanın
öncelikli amacı; Manavgat’taki alternatif
turizm
potansiyelini ortaya koyarak turizmin bu faaliyet biçiminin
geliştirilmesi yönünde ne gibi çabaların olabileceğinin saptanmasıdır.
Çalışmanın diğer amacı ise; sahada başlamış olan alternatif turizm
faaliyetlerinin uzun vadeli etkilerinin neler olabileceğinin ortaya
konulmasıdır.

Diğer turizm bölgelerinde
de görüldüğü gibi sahada önde gelen etkilerden birisi olarak finansal etki
büyük önem taşımaktadır. Araştırma sahasında turizmin ekonomik etkilerinden
yararlanmak isteyen yöre halkı haklı olarak turizmin en fazla bu yönü ile
ilgilenmektedir. O nedenle sahada turizmin birçok olumsuz etkisi yanında ön
plana çıkanı çevresel etkileridir. Sahada çevresel etkilerin; katı atık
kirlenmesi, su kirlenmesi, doğal görünümün turizm tesisleri ile bozulması gibi
birçok yönünden bahsedilebilir. Çalışma sahasında çevresel etkilerin neler
olduğu tam olarak ortaya konularak bu sorunların çözüm yollarının saptanması
büyük önem taşımaktadır.

Türkiye’de, 1980’li yıllarda turizm patlamasının yaşandığı yerlerden
birisi olan Manavgat’ta; şelaleler, plajlar, mağaralar, akarsular, yaylalar,
birçok bitki ve yaban hayvanı türleri ilçenin alternatif turizme yönelmesinde
büyük oranda etkili olmuştur.









Araştırma sahasındaki turizm
faaliyetlerinde alternatif turizmin
katkısının gittikçe arttığı görülmektedir. Ekolojik yürüyüş, salcılık, yayla
turizmi, av turizmi, dağ yürüyüşü gibi faaliyetler sahada geliştirilebilecek
olan en önemli alternatif turizm faaliyetleri olarak dikkati çeker.

References

  • Andereck, K. L. (2009). “Tourists’ Perceptions of Environmentally Responsible Innovations at Tourism Businesses”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 17 (4): 489-499.
  • ATİM (Antalya Turizm İl Müdürlüğü). (2009).
  • http://www.antalyakulturturizm.gov.tr/Genel/BelgeGoster.aspx?F6E10F8892433CFF8EA1CD9E2C2273EF1ECB17909A585E2A adresinden 10.12.2009 tarihinde erişildi.
  • Clifton, J. & Benson, A. (2006). “Planning for Sustainable Ecotourism: The Case for Research Ecotourism in Developing Country Destinations”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 14 (3): 238-254.
  • Dolnicar, S. (2010). “Identifying Tourists with Smaller Environmental Footprints”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18 (6): 717-734.
  • Dolnicar, S., Crouch, G. I. & Long, P. (2008). “Environment-friendly Tourists: What Do We Really Know About Them?”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 16 (2): 197-210.
  • Hiwasaki, L. (2003). “Tourism in Japan’s Parks and Protected Areas: Challenges and Potential for Sustainable Development”, International Review for Environmental Strategies, 4 (1): 107-126.
  • Kuvan, Y. (2010). “Mass Tourism Development and Deforestation in Turkey”, Anatolia: An International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research, 21 (1): 155-168.
  • McIntosh, A. J. & Zahra, A. (2007). “A Cultural Encounter through Volunteer Tourism: Towards the Ideals of Sustainable Tourism?”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 15 (5): 541-556.
  • Ooi, N. & Laing, J. H. (2010). “Backpacker Tourism: Sustainable and Purposeful? Investigating the Overlap between Backpacker Tourism and Volunteer Tourism Motivations”, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 18 (2): 191-206.
  • Stankova, S., Chenkova, N., Penerliev, M., Vladev, D. & Krastev, T. (2008). “The Protected Territories in the North-Eastern Bulgarian Black Sea Coast and Their Part in the Alternative Tourism Development”, Geographical Phorum-Geographical Studies and Environment Protection Research, 7 (7): 157-166.
  • Stronza, A. (2001). “Anthropology of Tourism: Forging New Ground for Ecotourism and Other Alternatives”, Annu. Rev. Anthropology, 30: 261-283.
  • TIES (The International Ecotourism Society). (2010).
  • http://www.ecotourism.org/site/c.orLQKXPCLmF/b.4835303/k.BEB9/What_is_Ecotourism_The_International_Ecotourism_Society.htm adresinden 7.11.2010 tarihinde erişildi.
  • Zanotti, L. & Chernela, J. (2008). “Conflicting Cultures of Nature: Ecotourism, Education and the Kayap'o of the Brazilian Amazon”, Tourism Geographies, 10 (4): 495-521.
  • WTO. (2008). World Tourism Barometer, Madrid: World Tourism Organization Press.
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Primary Language Turkish
Journal Section Articles
Authors

Ayhan Akış

Baştürk Kaya This is me

Publication Date March 31, 2018
Submission Date January 31, 2018
Published in Issue Year 2018 Issue: 3

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APA Akış, A., & Kaya, B. (2018). MANAVGAT’IN (ANTALYA) ALTERNATİF TURİZM POTANSİYELİ. Asya Studies, 3(3), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.31455/asya.387029

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