Özet:

The aim of the research is to draw attention to the existing tourism potential in Old Gümüşhane (Süleymaniye) within the scope of special interest tourism and to contribute to the institutions or organisations in the decision-making position to give due importance to the tourism potential. It is predicted by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation that the importance of special interest tourism will increase even more in the future. Within the scope of the study, Old Gümüşhane, which has an important potential for special interest tourism, which is increasing in importance in the field of tourism day by day, is discussed. In the study, explanations about special interest tourism and Old Gümüşhane were made within the conceptual framework. Document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods, was used in the study. Based on the analyses, a general evaluation was made about the special interest tourism potential of Old Gümüşhane. As a result of the study, it was seen that Old Gümüşhane has important potentials in the field of special interest tourism with its historical mansions, mosques, churches, baths, natural beauties, old mining galleries, beauties spread over four seasons, its route to the plateaus, its suitability for mountaineering-hiking activities, historical buildings waiting to be discovered in centuries-old neighbourhoods and pathways connecting them, local special dishes representing Gümüşhane cuisine and cultural accumulations.

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