Study of climate change within the scope of sustainable tourism: Erciyes mountain and Sultan Reed national park example

In this study, it is aimed to examine the effect of climate change caused by global warming on Mount Erciyes, Sultan Sazlığı National Park and Ramsar Area in a certain time period and to present suggestions within the scope of sustainable tourism and climate change. The tourism characteristics, geographical structure and climatic characteristics of the area are discussed within the scope of the study. The tourism characteristics and current situation of the field were revealed with the examinations and interviews carried out in the study area. Various mapping methods have been used to determine the geographical structure of the field by using data from geology, tectonism, geomorphology, hydrography, soil groups, vegetation, land use and population. Long-year climate data of the study area were analyzed and these data were evaluated with different climate classification methods and the climatic character and climatic change of the area were determined. The data obtained as a result of the study were given information about the extent to which negative effects such as drought, increase in temperature, decrease in precipitation, snowmelt, which are the main factors caused by climate change, are observed in the study area and how this affects these areas in terms of sustainable tourism.