Development of recreational in protected areas: The case of Abant Natural Park (Bolu)

Work, Western Black Sea Region, in the province of Bolu, Abant Natural Park. The main objective of the study is an important source of recreation for its immediate environs and has the status of protected areas is the development of recreation activities in the Abant Natural Park. For this purpose, the area's natural and cultural landscape elements, the status of existing recreation activities and opinions of participants. The study was conducted in four phases. In the first phase of the study by defining a workspace, the method was evaluated for the workspace and literature. In the second stage, the current situation for the field, the field uses the opinions of the participants. 3. stage area as well as an evaluation of the current state of the field, the opinions of participants. 4. stage of development of recreational activities in the area of all research results has been evaluated on the basis of, and recommendations have been developed. Study to determine the current status of the land of the field observations, swot analysis; statistical analysis in determining the views of the participants (the descriptive statistics analysis, factor and Chi-square analyses) were adopted. Reviews, in the context of the recreational use of the recommendations have been developed. Thus, the use of recreational, natural and cultural features of the area are the views of participants with the aim to increase within the framework.