Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-0269
ISSN: 2167-0269
Department of Forest Economics, Artvin Coruh University, Artvin, Turkey
Research
SWOT Analysis of Sustainable Ecotourism Potential Management in Protected Areas: A Case Study of Artvin
Author(s): Inci Zeynep Yilmaz* and Atakan Ozturk
In this study, it is aimed to examine the ecotourism potential in the protected areas with Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis based on expert opinions based on example of Artvin province. In this context, the situation was analyzed based on the opinions of 58 experts, consisting of local administrators and Global Environment Facility (GEF) project employees, NGOs and tour operators, the people of Camili and academics. As a result of the protection of natural resources and biodiversity, socio-economic benefits to the local people and the protection of cultural resources were listed as the most important criteria with the SWOT analysis. In addition, the main strengths of Artvin province are listed as habitat and species diversity and cultural memory, opportunities, the positive contribution of ecotourism in employment, the inadequacy of studies on the capa.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-0269.23.12.517