LOCALS’ VIEWS OF RURAL TOURISM: A CASE OF DARENDE (MALATYA/TURKEY)

Year 2020, Issue: 65, 1 - 15, 18.12.2020

Ahmet Çavuş Ömer Dalyan

Abstract

Rural tourism is a kind of tourism that takes its source from nature. It
has been formed as an alternative of mass tourism and it protects nature and
local customs. Rural tourism, which is seen as an important tool to improve
rural people, provides additional income for local people, diminishes migration
from rural to urban, and makes great contribution to environmental consciousness in rural areas. Turkey is very rich in rural tourism potential. The richness
of landscapes, cultural and historical features, and the diversity of gastronomic
values allowed the formation of numerous rural tourism areas. Darende can be
one of them. Darende is a district of Malatya and located in the west of it. The most
important economic activity of Darende is agriculture; however, since the irrigable areas are rare and people cannot receive enough income from agriculture,
they migrate from Darende. Rural tourism which offers extra income to local
people is an important source of income.
In this study, the importance, effects, and features of rural tourism
were focused on and the natural, cultural and historical tourist attractions in
Darende were explained. Attitudes of the people in Darende to rural tourism
were measured using a questionnaire and some suggestions were provided for
the development of rural tourism of Darende.

Keywords

Rural Tourism, Darende, The Potential of Darende's Rural Tourism

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