Özet:

Although Turkey is a mid-rail country, it has nationally and internationally important winter tourism centres due to its special location and privileges. Bursa Uludağ, Erzurum Palandöken, Kayseri Erciyes, Bolu Kartalkaya and Kars Sarıkamış are winter tourism centres on the forefront. Besides these, Konaklı ski centre which was established in Erzurum in 2011 under the scope of 25. World University Winter Games, has a potential to be an important winter tourism centre due to its various features. The centre which is 20km away to Erzurum city centre, is located within borders of Palandöken district Konaklı neighbourhood. The ski centre is located in western extensions of Palandöken Mountains and in northern skirts of this mountain. It has many ski tracks in international standards and with various difficulty levels. Although not standard, skiing can be performed for approximately 4 months in this area starting from early December until late March. Also there is possibility to produce artificial snow so in case of demand this period can be extended from November until late April. The aim in this study is redounding this ski centre which was established with a certain plan, to the literature and to emphasize the independent potential of the new established ski centre among the two ski centres which have very close locations in the same city and its combination with Palandöken. As a result it was determined that Konakli has advantages in terms of investments and some natural attractions in terms of winter tourism but that it has some problems including especially introduction

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