Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
8th International Conference on the Mediterranean Coastal Environment, Alexandria, Kanada, 13 - 17 Kasım 2007, ss.373-381
"Patara" is one of the "spatial protected areas" of Turkey. Patara has an outstanding landscape character with its flora, fauna and unique archaeological site. Therefore this area is under tourism pressures. Apart from the ruins there is a significant stretch of beach. Ecotourism is the best way for the sustainability of "specially protected areas" because ecotourism, minimizes tourism's own environmental impacts and justification for conservation of biological diversity and cultural diversity, through ecosystems protection. In this study, Patara will be introduced by its natural and cultural landscape values. In this context, Patara will be discussed in terms of its ecotourism potential.