Evaluation of Agro-Tourism Potential in Sustainable Rural Development; Afyon Ayazini Village

Year 2025, Volume: 10 Issue: 2, 686 - 702, 27.12.2025

Yasemin Şen , Ruşen Yamaçlı

https://doi.org/10.30785/mbud.1641364

Abstract

Rural development can be considered as a major common problem that needs to be managed correctly for developing countries today. This problem or concept is important for all developing countries in terms of socio-economic development of rural areas and access to urban life standards. For this reason, the development level of countries is directly related to the development of rural areas, and rural development is directly related to rural tourism and agricultural tourism. With this study, the agro-tourism potential of the developing Afyon Ayazini Village was evaluated and the agricultural areas and landscape within the village borders, natural and cultural heritage elements, recreation areas and functional civil architecture examples were analyzed with a holistic approach and architectural perspective and suggestions were made based on the agro-tourism potential. The effects of the existing agro-tourism potential on the farms and agricultural areas in the village on the development of the city were determined and suggestions were made regarding the structure and landscape of 3 farms. By comparing with rural areas that are successful in agro-tourism around the world, the existence of agro-tourism potential for sustainable rural development of Ayazini Village has been revealed.

Keywords

Rural development , agro-tourism , farm , Ayazini Village , Phrygian Valley

Ethical Statement

The article complies with national and international research and publication ethics. Ethics committee approval was not required for the study.

Sürdürülebilir Kırsal Kalkınmada Agro-Turizm Potansiyelinin Değerlendirilmesi; Afyon Ayazini Köyü

Abstract

Kırsal kalkınma günümüzde gelişmekte olan ülkeler için doğru yönetilmesi gereken büyük bir ortak sorun olarak düşünülebilir. Bu sorun veya kavram gelişmekte olan tüm ülkeler için kırsal alanların sosyo-ekonomik olarak gelişmesi ve kentsel yaşam standartlarına erişebilmesi adına önem taşımaktadır. Bu nedenle ülkelerin gelişmişlik düzeyi de kırsal alanların kalkınması, kırsal kalkınma da kırsal turizm ve tarım turizmi ile doğrudan ilişkilidir. Bu çalışma ile gelişmekte olan Afyon Ayazini köyünün agro-turizm potansiyeli değerlendirilmiş ve köy sınırları içerisinde yer alan tarım alanları ve peyzajı, doğal ve kültürel mirasa ait ögeler, rekreasyon alanları ve işlevlendirilmiş sivil mimarlık örnekleri bütüncül bir yaklaşım ve mimari bakışla analiz edilerek agro-turizm potansiyeli üzerinden öneriler sunulmuştur. Köydeki çiftlikler ve tarım alanlarında mevcut agro-turizm potansiyelinin kentin gelişmesine etkileri tespit edilerek 3 çiftlik yapısı ve peyzajına dair öneriler sunulmuştur. Dünya genelinde agro-turizm konusunda başarılı olan kırsal alanlarla karşılaştırma yolu ile Ayazini köyünün sürdürülebilir kırsal kalkınması için agro-tuzim potansiyelinin varlığı ortaya konulmuştur.

Keywords

Kırsal kalkınma , agro-turizm , çiftlik , Ayazini Köyü , Frig Vadisi

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