Author(s): Zehranur ÅERBETCÄ°
Agro-tourism, which is a product of tourism depending on agricultural environment, agricultural products and accommodation in agricultural areas, becomes more and more important tourism activity in all over the world. Environmental awareness within the scope of agrotourism paves the way for the protection of natural resources. Also, providence of sustainability increased the significance of this tourism. This study attempts to determine agrotourism potential of Bursa Plain evaluating various agricultural features. Accordingly, thematic maps are created with the Geography Information System (GIS) techniques. In the study, it has been identified to 85,33% of The Plain was formed from the most appropriate and appropriate areas for agro tourism potential. Afterwards, consistency of field work and SWOT analysis was measured. As a result of this study, it has been determined that there are appropriate places in Bursa Plain suitable for agro-tourism and the agricultural fields with agro-tourism potential have been dealt with. Number of recommendations was made to value the potential.
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