Geoturism: Some Examples from Turkey

Kaygili, Sibel; Sinanoğlu, Derya; Aksoy, Ercan; Şaşmaz, Ahmet

doi:10.15421/111809

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“…Geotourism is a rapidly evolving topic and getting substantial in recent years (Galas et al, 2018;Justice, 2018;Kaygili et al, 2018;Miraj et al, 2019;Pal and Albert, 2018;Serrato et al, 2019;Tavera-Escobar and Alvarez-Ramirez, 2019). It is defined as tourism that sustains or enhances the distinctive geographical character of a place-its environment, heritage, aesthetics, culture, and the well-being of its residents.…”

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A Geopark Candidate, Bozkir-Central Turkey

KOCAK

ZEDEF

KANSUN

et al. 2022

Konya Journal of Engineering Sciences

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Bozkır is an old town established on the skirts of the Taurus Mountains, and contain various tectonic units, eg. Bozkır unit, extending laterally several hundreds of kilometres. The Bozkır unit typically crops out and hence named around Bozkır district. It is formed by deep sea sediments, ophiolites and submarine basic volcanic rocks, all of which overlied by well-exposed Paleogene and Neogene? units. Bozkır is rich not only for its geological occurrence, but also for its culture, history and nature. Bozkır is in a central position of ancient Isauria and represented by Zengibar castle. The town has also a bridge of Seljuk period and various Seljuk and Ottoman Mosques. Çarşamba stream, source of the life in the region, is originated from Taurus Mountains both as Aygır spring, and as leakage from Sarıot lake. It crosses from various villages and town up to Mavi Gorge to meet with the water channel. All of which suggest that Bozkır district should be declared as a Geopark.

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A Geopark Candidate, Bozkir-Central Turkey

KOCAK

ZEDEF

KANSUN

et al. 2022

Konya Journal of Engineering Sciences

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“…The English scientist John R. Walker believes that the history of tourism development as a whole is divided into two parts: the first -to the appearance and use of transport mass modes; the second -after their appearance, which in turn consists of separate stages according to the emergence of new types of vehicles, namely: the railways age, the cars age, the jet aircraft age and the cruise age on seagoing ships (Walker 2009). The researchers analysed the experience of the development of geotourism destinations, which has become the new global phenomenon in recent years (Kaygili, Sinanoglu, Aksoy, & Sasmaz, 2018).…”

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Optimization of the tourist route by solving the problem of a salesman

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Nezdoyminov²,

Галасюк³

et al. 2020

Journ. Geol., Geogr., and Geoec..

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The article is devoted to the problem of constructing the optimal transport route of a bus excursion tour of a tour operator according to the minimal length criterion. Transportation expenses are an important part of a bus tour cost, and their minimization is a required condition for route development and planning. To solve this problem, the authors used the tour route calculating method as a kind of transport task, namely the task of the salesman. To solve this problem, one of the varieties of the transport problem, namely the salesman traveling problem, is applied. The essence of the traveling salesman problem is to find the shortest route between cities, if the distances between them are known. The beginning of the route and its end coincide, that is, the route is cyclic. The most popular in Ukraine sightseeing tours of tour operators to the Transcarpathian region are taken for the optimization. A mathematical model of the traveling salesman problem is made to construct an optimal transport route. The solution was found using the Microsoft Excel’s Solver add-in application program package. To solve the problem by this method, it was reduced to a special form and additional variables were introduced. The analysis helped the tour operator to check the existing sightseeing bus routes by the minimal length criterion. The results allowed making assumptions about the need to change some popular routes of Ukrainian tour operators in order to reduce transport costs. The method of bus tours evaluation of tour operators according to the minimal length criterion allows to check the tourist transportation optimality while planning the route and developing their own tourist product. The introduction of modern digital technologies and software to optimize the territorial organization of tourist routes is proposed, which will help tour operators of Ukraine in the design of bus tourist trips to nature and recreational locations in tourist regions. The development of an optimal model for the transportation of tourists on the highways and the reduction of their costs for consumption of transport services will contribute to the development of tourist trips in Ukraine. The necessity of using methods of geolocation of tourist resources for the construction of routes for visiting natural and cultural-historical monuments and tourist centers has been determined. The application of the proposed method will allow tour operators to reduce transport costs and, as a consequence, the total cost of the tourist product.

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