Özet:

Salt is one of the nutrient sources that has a significant potential used throughout history. The salt used in the beginning only for the purpose of giving foods a taste, today has been used in almost every area, the economic input has been diverse. Thanks to the rapidly evolving world of medicine, beautiful arts have now been used in the speleotherapy field by incorporating them into the work. Salt mines have started to contribute to the economy in many different areas, from tourism to gifts, in addition to today’s salt that are aimed at the need for raw materials. In this study, Iğdır Illi, Tuzluca district borders have been investigated the availability of salt caves belonging to the Sürkit Salt Company outside the raw material possibility. In this context, when the business is examined, the number of sufficient spaces and abandoned rooms within the business is at the level where speleotherapy and only tourist purposes can offer extensive opportunities for future visitors. With the necessary environmental arrangements, the health complexes to be made, the needs areas and the exhibition of the works made of salt - a museum where the sale will be made, the business here will come to a much more favorable location in terms of the economic development of the region.

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