In a proactive transfer to boost the resilience of forests within the face of worldwide adjustments and promote long-term sustainability, Türkiye is ready to introduce 26 new ecotourism areas this yr, in keeping with a report printed on Sunday.
This strategic initiative goals to bolster the prevailing ecotourism websites and forecasts a considerable annual contribution of TL 2 billion ($66.4 million) to Türkiye’s vibrant tourism sector.
Through the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM), the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is implementing varied measures to constantly meet the general public’s social, financial, cultural and non secular wants and cross and protect the forests from era to era.
The “Ecotourism Action Plan” was enforce in 2021 to make sure the standard and environment friendly utilization of Türkiye’s forest sources, the report by Anadolu Agency (AA) indicated.
The price range of the motion plan allocates the best share to “identification and planning of areas suitable for ecotourism” and “preparation of integrated ecotourism plans for forest parks,” adopted by “promotion for the development of ecotourism opportunities” and “meetings and training with relevant organizations and groups.”
Tourism areas
As a part of the plan initiated for the primary time within the 2017-2020 interval, 28 ecotourism routes have been made accessible to the general public.
Within the framework of the motion plan masking the interval 2021-2025, the objective is to implement 110 ecotourism routes.
With the addition of 26 extra ecotourism areas this yr, the full variety of routes, which at the moment stands at 99, is thus surpassing the goal.
These areas are set to be positioned throughout a number of provinces ranging from Adana, Çorum, Ankara, Antalya, Artvin, Balıkesir, Düzce, Yalova, Çanakkale, Uşak and Elazığ to Eskişehir, Kahramanmaraş, Giresun, Tekirdağ, Izmir, Kastamonu, Sivas, Konya, Kütahya, Mersin, Muğla, Kocaeli, Batman, Gümüşhane and Karabük.
As a part of the plan, the objective is to extend the variety of ecotourism areas to 200 by 2028.
In Türkiye, the ecotourism areas could be present in 54 of 81 provinces, from Adana within the south, the capital Ankara and western Çanakkale to the far east province of Erzurum, central Konya province and Zonguldak on the Black Sea coast.
Ecotourism objectives
When planning ecotourism areas, forested villages included within the routes will change into a part of tourism locations, and ecotourism planning across the attraction facilities will contribute to the event of each the realm and the native inhabitants.
The identification, planning and implementation of ecotourism areas in addition to the mixing of ecotourism planning into forest parks will improve the attractiveness of current areas.
By the tip of 2025, the brand new “Ecotourism Management Plan and Practices” program goals to diversify and improve the tourism alternatives of ecotourism areas and contribute TL 2 billion a yr to the nation’s tourism locations.
Ecotourism is a kind of tourism based mostly on nature journey but in addition incorporates the precept of sustainability and requires the usage of environmentally pleasant applied sciences and native sources.
In 1992, on the U.N. Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro, 182 international locations, together with Türkiye, signed “Agenda 21,” creating an motion program. The objective was to emphasise the preservation of cultural belongings and the atmosphere and fix significance to financial actions.
Globally, the variety of individuals endeavor ecotourism journeys elevated from 45 million in 1998 to 70 million in 2010 and 95 million in 2023. The estimated variety of individuals participating in ecotourism journeys is anticipated to achieve 98 million this yr and rise to 125 million by 2030.
Countries similar to Jordan, Costa Rica, Norway, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Nepal and Italy actively take part in ecotourism actions.
Source: www.dailysabah.com