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Analysis of terrains suitable for tourism and recreation by using geographic information system (GIS)

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The use and utilization areas of geographic information system (GIS) increase every day due to both enabling easiness in storing, updating, grouping, analyzing, correlating, and mapping of data about evaluation factors in planning studies and having quite low error margin depending on the accuracy of data stored. In fact, GIS is also used both in visualization and in various analyses in planning tourism terrains. In this study, the effectiveness of GIS on holistic evaluation of natural and cultural resources in planning tourism terrains was analyzed. Natural and cultural resources in Kayseri Yahyalı were quantified by using ArcGIS 9.3 software from GIS software; data were analyzed and potential tourism and recreation terrains, level of suitability, and rate of coverage were determined. As a result of the analyses, it was determined that 11.847 ha area (6,53 %) was quite suitable for such kind of activities, 103.010 ha (56,77 %) was suitable, 39.278 ha (21,65 %) was less suitable, and 27.314 ha area (15,05 %) was not suitable. In the next stage, landscape properties which are suitable for tourism and recreation were evaluated and landscape types were classified in the sense of their tourist attraction. It was determined that the water resources and valley landscapes were the basic sources of the tourism and recreation activities of Yahyalı, and it was determined that the landscape of the forest and mountain was important for variety of the tourism and recreation activities of Yahyalı.

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Aklıbaşında, M., Bulut, Y. Analysis of terrains suitable for tourism and recreation by using geographic information system (GIS). Environ Monit Assess 186, 5711–5719 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-014-3814-6

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