Evaluation of recreation activities in nature parks and tourism potential

由于各种原因，人们希望从城市逃到农村地区，这增加了生态旅游、自然公园和休闲活动的重要性。在这项研究中，旨在确定自然公园的娱乐活动，并阐明自然公园的旅游潜力。在这种情况下，位于东马尔马拉地区的33个自然公园成为研究的重点。重点是东部马尔马拉地区，因为它是一个有潜力吸引更多游客的地区，因为它靠近人口众多的大型城市。按城市考察自然公园的分布情况，具体而言，每个自然公园可以开展哪些娱乐活动，在二手数据的帮助下确定并进行了内容分析。根据城市绘制了娱乐活动的强度图，并对自然公园内的娱乐活动的丰富性进行了比较。研究结果显示，在东马尔马拉地区的城市中，位于博卢的自然公园最多。活动最多的自然公园是位于Bilecik的Harmankaya峡谷，有15种不同的活动。自然公园里最常见的活动有：徒步旅行、摄影、野餐、骑自行车。

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The desire of people to escape from cities to rural areas for various reasons increased the importance of ecotourism in general, nature parks and recreational activities. In this study, it is aimed to determine the recreational activities in nature parks and to shed light on the tourism potential of nature parks. In this context, 33 nature parks located in the Eastern Marmara Region focused in the study. The focus is on the eastern Marmara region, as it is a region with the potential to attract more tourists due to its close location to large cities with high populations. The distribution of the nature parks by the cities examined and specifically, which recreational activities could be carried out in each nature park determined and conducted a content analysis with the help of secondary data. The intensity of recreational activities mapped according to the cities, and the richness of recreational activities in nature parks compared within itself. Findings obtained from the research shows that among the cities in the Eastern Marmara Region, the most nature parks are located in Bolu. The nature park with the most activities is Harmankaya Canyon in Bilecik with 15 different activities. The most common activities in the nature parks are listed as; hiking, photography, picnic, cycling.

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