For local appeals to tourism attitude of local people: Çankırı salt cave case

In many countries of the world, the prevalence of holiday tourism and corrrespondly tourism season takes more than sevent months, except from sea, sun and sand , other natural, cultural and archeological values are adequately assessed. In international tourism market, rapidly changing needs and expectations, due to its competitive strenght in an effort to get a larger share of Turkey, diversifications of tourism activities and tourist development should demonstrate for the protection of this dynamism. Today, tourism industry is a complex structure that are experiencing economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts. These effects occured as a result of tourist activities affect all tourism stakeholder including of tourists, tourism businesses and local people. However, the most affected from touristic activities and essential actor for sustainable tourism are local people. İn this context, this study was done in Cankırı City Centre in order to determining local people?s attidudes in Salt Cave?s acquire of tourism. Quessionnaires, distributed to the local people, firstly, demoghraphic characteristics were asked people. After that, It was trying to learn how economic, socio-cultural and environmental benefits and harms of tourism perceived by the local people and finally, the questions were asked to measure their support fort he development of the tourism. The datas obtained from this study subjected to various analyzes and the conclusion was that local people had positive attitude for opening the tourism to Salt Cave. As a result of this study, it was also analyzed seperately Salt Cave,opening the tourism, how created an attitude in terms of economic, social and enviromental. In addition, with support, given to the development of the tourism, perception of the benefits of tourism and local governments?plans concluded that there was a positive relationship attitude of people. Keywords: Tourist Product, Local Attractiveness, Cankırı, Salt Cave.