Özet:

Today, although there are many positive aspects of living in major cities, the city’s intensive population growth is accompanied by stress, traffic problems, air pollution, noise pollution, lack of natural environments, etc. There are many problems that decrease the quality of life of people. As a result, the interest of people in tourism activities has increased to allow them to be intrinsic with nature by getting away from the intense city life. In Turkey, one of the natural tourism sources that has been seriously attracted in recent years is the Salda Lake, located in the Greşilova district of Burdur Illi, which has its reputation outside our borders.  The Lake Area, which is located within Burdur Illi, has been attracted attention to the lakes in the region by defining the "Eco-Tourism Development Area of the Lake Area" in Turkey's 2023 tourism strategy. Located within the Lake Area, Salda Lake has a significant natural tourism potential at regional and international level. From the lake past to the present, many domestic and foreign tourists come to view landscape beauty, take pictures, do water sports, observe birds, and perform different tourist activities such as landscape. The reputation of the Lake Salda, especially in recent times T.V. The contribution of tourists to their channels, social blogs and advertisements in the press has increased more and more, as a result, the lake has begun to welcome very important visitors. However, especially in the summer, due to the excess of tourists coming to the region, the infrastructure and superstations related services that will meet their needs for accommodation, social environment and daily needs remain insufficient. All of these developments, without a doubt, show positive and negative changes in the Greşilova District as well as in terms of social, economic and environmental factors. Therefore, this study focused on the Salda Lake, the tourism potential of the Greşilova District, and the impact of increasing tourism activities on the socio-economic structure of the Greşilova District. The aim of the study is to identify the impact of tourism activities carried out in Salda Lake through the views of local people and entrepreneurs living in the Greşilova district on the socio-economic structure of the Greşilova district and to reveal what should be done to ensure the sustainability of tourism activities in the Greşilova district.