Özet:

With its natural beauty, atmosphere and atmosphere, it is visited by thousands of tourists each year. However, given the annual number of visitors, the cave has not yet reached the number of visitors it deserves. In this context, the purpose of our research is to provide recommendations for increasing this demand by identifying the factors affecting the tourism demand for the Fakıllı Grotto. Two methods have been used to this goal. First of all, information was collected on the cave and its nearby surroundings by participating observation method. Afterwards, a semi-configured interview was implemented to 25 participants who were aware of the subject from the tourism stakeholders of Akçakoca using the interview technique from the quality research methods. With the help of the obtained data, the GZFT analysis matrix was created. According to the findings of the research, it has been important that the Fakıllı Cavern is close to the settlement and cross-city road route and that the increasing demand for tourism in Akçakoca is important in terms of the activities that will be carried out on the increase in the demand for tourism in the cavern. On the other hand, it was found that there was not enough maintenance in the cave and that there was insufficient in the promotion and marketing activities. This is VB. Facts are other significant consequences that may negatively affect the cave's tourism demand.

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