Özet:

Today, national parks have become popular tourism destinations for nature-based tourism and recreation activities, with the increasing use of visitors. Real-time data on the behavior and preferences of visitors are needed for nature-based tourism research and the management of national parks. Obtaining visitor data through surveys are very expensive and time consuming. In this context, geotagged social media data can be a potential data source for collecting visitor data and gaining strong insights into visitor patterns in protected areas. In this study, the potential for the use of geotagged photographs has been investigated in order to analyze temporal and spatial behavior patterns of visitors to Beydağları Coastal National Park. The results of the study revealed that Flickr data provides a useful resource for evaluating the characteristics of national parks, analyzing their temporal and spatial aspects, and offers new opportunities for future research.

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