Özet:

In a world where there are clear differences and changes in tourism approaches, geotourism comes at the forefront of the approaches that represent this change. Turkey has rich and diverse resource values compared to many countries in the world in the field of geoturism. These values include the Incesu Canyon (Zorum) located in Central Anadolu and its surroundings. The aim of the study is to reveal the natural, cultural and historic geoturism resource values of the Incesu Canyon and its surroundings, to determine how these values can be used with the geoturism approach and thus present the area as a geoturism target. For this purpose, literature scan was made, landwork work was carried out in the area and interviews were made with the local people with open end questions. The findings obtained from the research show that the Incesu Canyon and its nearby surroundings have beneficial resource values for the development of geoturism. Due to the geocyte intensity of the area, it has an important potential as well as scientific importance. The area surrounding the Canyon. The historic history of 10-12 thousand years has left significant geological, archaeological and geographical traces on the region, and the vast majority of these traces have reached to the present day as a geosite value. This area offers quite attractive opportunities in terms of geotourism. The Old Town of Chapinuva, which is neighboring to the Canyon, is a unique resource value that has entered the world heritage, a major tourist destination globally. The Incesu Canyon and its nearby surroundings are fascinating by the unrecovered ancient history and natural character, attracting visitors from different countries of the world. The area where local cultures are still traditionally continued is in a structure that can be a scene of a significant geoturism stream along with the implementation of the local concept in geoturism. Canyon and its surroundings are characterized by the training of the basic principles of geotourism, the principles of sustainable rural development and geokoruma can be applied. Incesu Canyon is a good candidate to be a jeopark in the future with all of these features. In the field, various human factors, including definition, lead to the loss of the geotourism area. It is difficult to prevent these activities.

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