Research of the effects of tourism activities on the natural environment in Manavgat-Evrenseki town

In this research, it is aimed to analyze the effects of the development of tourism on the natural environment in the example of Antalya city?s Manavgat county?s Evrenseki town. In accordance with this objective, the nature of town is analyzed tourism developments of the town and its spatial developments are evaluated in a historical process.Tourism activities in the area and the capacities of existing tourism facilities had been researched, demands, choices and tendencies of local- foreign tourists had been tried to determine with a survey. The research area, Evrenseki, besides its natural beauties, is under the pressure of tourism facilities. Tourism, causing a negative effect on natural structure in particular on sea and agricultural land, also causes different kinds of negative effects on settled social structure on area.In this study negative effects caused by tourism facilities in research areaand the pressure of its negative effects on the natural structure had been researched and suggestions had been developed.