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The
Karaburun Peninsula is a fine example of an area where a large range of
Anatolian Civilizations prospered. Starting from pre-historical time, when
the first settlements were established, the peninsula has been stage to a
number of mythological stories as well as the place where, during the
Ancient Period, important civilizations founded their cities, thus leaving
an important cultural heritage.
The
peninsula has a very important tourism potential, since it owns all
advantages required by modern tourism demands. The fact that the region is
not as much visited like other tourism areas, has often lead to the
presumption that the Karaburun Peninsula lacks importance for the tourism
sector. However, we at Karaburun are aware of the wide range of
possibilities and attractions the peninsula has and which meet nearly all
facets and requirements of new tourism concepts.
Even
countries having substantial incomes from mass tourism, are more and more
looking for alternatives and solutions for the reparation of the hazardous
effects of this kind of tourism. Precisely
this evolution on the tourism market is offering the Karaburun Peninsula a
bigger opportunity.
During
the last decade, an important shift has been recorded regarding the types
of demands and offers in the tourism business. The “sun, sea and sand”
combined with artificial entertainment and small tour formula is
increasingly abandoned. The modern tourist is eager to learn more about
the country, the region, the people, their culture and the way they are
living. Spending your holiday in a five-stars hotels or vacation villages
with the same decoration, programs, food and even name as anywhere else in
the world, and where very often the tourist spends his vacation without
even getting out of the hotel or vacation village, is not the trend any
more.
Nowadays
this kind of mass tourism is making rapidly room for alternative tourism.
This is precisely the point where the chance of the Karaburun Peninsula
lays. With its splendid nature, its genuine and unspoiled people as well
as its millennium old cultural patchwork, the Karaburun Peninsula is one
of the most promising candidates to this new tourism concept.
The
Karaburun Peninsula has the potential to meet nearly all conditions to
various models of alternative tourism, such as sea and underwater
activities, trekking, mountain biking, mountaineering, eco- and
agro-tourism in the villages and many more. By applying the right policies
and getting the necessary support, the local authorities, together with
the people of Karaburun, can make a world known area of the Karaburun
Peninsula
In short, one can say that the tourist value of the Karaburun Peninsula
lays in itself, its nature and its people.
From
that prospective, when we talk about the tourist values of the Karaburun
Peninsula, one observes a substantial weakness in the protection of its
historical heritage and the highlighting of the archeological patrimony,
compared to other regions. However, mosques and fountains from the period
between the 15th and 19th century are a cultural
heritage worth to be discovered.
One of the most important sources of income on the Karaburun
Peninsula is from small cattle like goats and sheep. As a result of this
socio-economical fact, hundreds of fountains and wells have been
constructed throughout the hills, valleys and meadows, in order to provide
the necessary water for the cattle and small-scale farming. Each of these
fountains, which braved time, is very valuable.
As we already pointed out: the real tourist value and potential of the
Karaburun Peninsula lays in its nature. For many centuries, the unspoiled
nature of Karaburun has been gentle to the people living there. Therefore
and in order to protect and share this nature with other environment
conscious persons, we wish to welcome people from all over the world in
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