Green Hotels in Antalya from Ecological Interior Architecture Perspectives

After UNWTO announced year 2002 as the “World Ecotourism Year”, ecotourism and tourism became significant notions for people. We, as mankind, are damaging nature and ecosystem since the very first day we have discovered fire. With years passing by, advancement in technology and usage of more chemicals than ever before, the destruction level has increased a lot. Mankind has always used the nature as if it is a never ending source, but people have recently realized that even nature itself has a limited rejuvenation ability which needs lots of time, hence, some damages done may be irreversible. One of the ways for helping nature is ecotourism. Preserving green spaces and keeping the ecological balance both in urbanisation and development have a lot of importance for our society and future generations. In the current century, countries which have raised their awareness about sustainable tourism have realized that preservation may only be provided through going in step with a natural and fertile environment, while considering negative impacts of the possible developments on it, hence, these countries have started to take precautions. However, still it is questionable if these precautions are enough or not. This study has aimed to evaluate the interior design related to the ecological design principles in a selected ecological Green Hotel in Antalya Province located in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey. An in-depth investigation has been done for a Five-Green-Star-Hotel in terms of its interior space and ecotourism relationship. Keywords: Ecotourism, Green Hotels, Sustainability, Antalya, Ecology, Interior Architecture.