Introduction Recently, enviromental matters, which is occur in consequence of industrialization and urbanization, has been created in a productivity detractive occasion, human healty threaten and decay. To lived people in this...
moreIntroduction
Recently, enviromental matters, which is occur in consequence of industrialization and urbanization, has been created in a productivity detractive occasion, human healty threaten and decay. To lived people in this unfavourable environment is tend the healty tourism with a view to recover from diseases, to be more efficiently and protect their healty. The thermal spring which is one of the healty tourism is important to use for drinking and practice of skin of the people. This tourism is also significant some things such as transportation, accommadition places and demands of tourists.
The history of the thermal springs and its using is considerably old-time. Improve of thermal springs which has used for medicinal and religion purposes since antiquity coincide with Rome period as systematic. Romans has been used to cure pains, sicks and wounds of soldiers in wars and set up its facilities. Middle ages has been not paid attention to thermal springs or spas. Renaissance period in Europe has been given a lof of importance to thermal springs, to be set up Balneotherapy sciences. In the 19th century, Europe’s great spas were destinations for the wealthy. Water treatments are still considered the heart of the thermal spring experience in Europe such as Germany (Bad-Kissngen ve Baden-baden), France (Vichy, Aixler Bains), Italy (Bataglio, Ischia), Czechoslovakia (Karisbad Marienbad) ve Austrian (Bad Ischi, Böckstein) and spas in these places use the thermal spring tourism today.
Turkey has the history of the thermal springs which are a lot of thermal and mineral springs and is looking back on a still vivid tradition of spa therapy and balneotherapy, applied especially for the treatment of rheumatic diseases. Today Turkey moving into the top five together accounting for over half of the world’s geothermal energy utilization with China, Iceland, USA, Japan. Although Turkey produces increasing both its capacity and uses recently, that is not enough to improve in sustanability, so it is important correct plans on the thermal in the Turkey.
Purpose
Different geographical regions of the world, thermal tourism has been recognized more and more recently, and it has taken its right place among the other tourism varies. Turkey is rich in thermal springs thanks to the large active lands with volcanic and tectonic formations. Turkey hosts over 900 thermal and mineral spring waters in different locations, with varying qualities and quantities, and with temperatures between 20-102 oC. This paper aims to determine “The Spring Tourism in Turkey and Problems”. Then it tries to evaluate the statue the thermal springs, according to region in Turkey. Moreover, the reasons hindering the spring tourism from achieving the goals set are emphasised.
Method
In this article is a theoretical study. First, it was explained the situation of thermal springs in the world. Second, in this study have tried to determination the thermal springs of the Turkey as historically and its cited factors which provides this tourism development and submitted some suggested as related for developing thermal springs of Turkey.
Conclusion
Turkey is rich in thermal springs thanks to the large active lands with volcanic and tectonic formations. Turkey has many thermal springs. Springs have some physical and chemical specialities that cause to recover varies illness. Most of them have been known and used by people since the early ages, so today the springs is important for healthy tourism, but these springs are not used enough for tourism. Hence, it is possible to draw some general conclusions from this study.
First, there are many thermal springs in Turkey. Turkey has to determine thermal springs policies which are established as tourism resources and preserved to them for present and future generations. Today this resources should be protected by local goverment, and civilization. It must be organized according to geography characterizes of each regions, able to enforce enhancement and sustainable development policies within its territory.
Second, publishes, statistic and data are limited about thermal spring in Turkey. It shoul be set up a statistic office here that it is given tourist figures, illness figures and illness. To be systematic statistic datas, it is important for Turkey to organise plans and new arrangement related to the thermal springs, according to tourists that they are coming from different countries.
Third, each of the regions in Turkey must be set up Thermal Spring Institute. Because, this is the best way to improve them. All thermal springs must be linked in a network and determined common goals. Univercities, civilization and local authorities must be improved many projects.
Fourth, thermal Spring ensure sustainable socio-economic and cultural development for local people. These resources, when properly managed, can generate employment and new economic activities, especially in regions in need of new or additional sources of income, so local people need to be educated about its.
Fifth, most of thermal springs in Turkey need modern buildings, hospital, doctor, goverment health official, sport facilitiese. It is important to improve of these for thermal spring tourism, especially tourists must be controlled by an expert doctor. Tourists who have hepatitis virus B and hepatitis virus C must not go into swimming pools for other tourists, because it is important healty security of tourists.
Sixth, operating of thermal facilitiese control municipalities and private administration, so although thermal springs in Turkey are better than West countries, thermal facilitiese are worse than their facilities except for Yalova, Gönen, Çeşme and Balcova. It should be the privatization many of thermal facilitiese in Turkey. While thermal facilities in springs set up, it must be careful Turkish architecture style, substructure, topography and its geography. Moreover facilities must be shopping centres, walking parks, bank, post office, sport facilitiese such as volleyball, basketball, gymnastic, tennis and table tennis. It must be considered the economic situation of tourists. It must be organized tours and entertainment programmes for them.
Finally, local government must advertise thermal spring in Turkey. They can use modern information technology such as internet and documentaries. Thermal springs have to play an active role in the economic development of Turkey, so it should be given important to them.