The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems
This paper aims to determine “The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems”. Turkey is rich in thermal springs thanks to the large active lands with volcanic and tectonic formations. Turkey hosts over 900 thermal and mineral spring waters in different locations, with varying qualities and quant...
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| description | This paper aims to determine “The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems”. Turkey is rich in thermal springs thanks to the large active lands with volcanic and tectonic formations. Turkey hosts over 900 thermal and mineral spring waters in different locations, with varying qualities and quantities, and with temperatures between 20-102 oC. Springs have some physical and chemical specialities that cause to recover varies illness. Most of them have been known and used by people since the early ages. Recently, thermal springs have been recognized more and more and it has taken its right place among the other tourism varies and they have turned into touristic attractions in some regions of the Turkey. Then in this study tries to evaluate the statue the thermal springs, according to region in Turkey. Moreover, the reasons hindering the spring tourism from achieving the goals set are emphasised |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff59a5d7afc84ccca11f17b2233b89c92023-02-15T16:19:52ZengGaziantep UniversityGaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences2149-54592010-06-01913554136The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and ProblemsGülpınar AKBULUT0* Inönü Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim BölümüThis paper aims to determine “The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems”. Turkey is rich in thermal springs thanks to the large active lands with volcanic and tectonic formations. Turkey hosts over 900 thermal and mineral spring waters in different locations, with varying qualities and quantities, and with temperatures between 20-102 oC. Springs have some physical and chemical specialities that cause to recover varies illness. Most of them have been known and used by people since the early ages. Recently, thermal springs have been recognized more and more and it has taken its right place among the other tourism varies and they have turned into touristic attractions in some regions of the Turkey. Then in this study tries to evaluate the statue the thermal springs, according to region in Turkey. Moreover, the reasons hindering the spring tourism from achieving the goals set are emphasisedhttp://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24260/257162?publisher=gantepSağlık turizmi Termalizm ve TürkiyeHealth tourism Thermalism and Turkey |
| spellingShingle | Gülpınar AKBULUT The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems Gaziantep University Journal of Social Sciences Sağlık turizmi Termalizm ve Türkiye Health tourism Thermalism and Turkey |
| title | The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems |
| title_full | The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems |
| title_fullStr | The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems |
| title_short | The Thermal Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems |
| title_sort | thermal spring tourism in turkey and problems |
| topic | Sağlık turizmi Termalizm ve Türkiye Health tourism Thermalism and Turkey |
| url | http://dergipark.gov.tr/jss/issue/24260/257162?publisher=gantep |
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