Evaluation of Ayaş (Ankara) thermal water in terms of thermal tourism

Tourism and travelling are the most popular sectors in terms of job opportunity all over the world.Especially, providing the deficits on foreing trade revenues with tourism profit is mostly used by countries.Hence, this resulted in a change on tourism tendency.This situation leads to an increase in demand of innovation and development.For example; sea,beach and sunshine pleasure give way to culture,history,healthy way of living,adrenaline and entertainment.Likewise, tourism activities that are popular throughout the year,may be preferred instead of coastal tourism and seasonal tours.Therefore, thermal tourism especially ?thermal springs? must be a potential wealth item that must be taken into account while planning the natural resource utilization of Turkey in terms of tourism.Consequently, our main study is to consider the tourism potential of Ayaş Thermal Area in great detail, advertise the existing facilities together with the determination of TO-DO list and solution theories for the common problems,encountered.In conclusion; with respect to the structure and utilization of thermal resources in research area, Ayaş Thermal Area couldn't achieve to create a brand equity due to scarcity of variation on natural beauty around as well as having much more overspend because of transportation problem and city services.Key Words: Tourism, Thermal Tourism, Geothermal