MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN

Annexe 2
Etudes de cas
Case studies
development within a National Park (Olympos-Bey Mountains National Park) with
well preserved natural, historical and agricultural values expecting a visitor profile
of high level education and income. With subsequent modifications, the area is
loosing its « environmentally well preserved » image. The visitor profile is getting
down.
Challenges for the future
The original Project has outstanding assets. If further additional overloaded
development can be avoided, it will still remain as one of the most attractive
resorts of the Mediterranean Basin and a good example of sustainable
development.
Necessary means to mobilise
1) Planning modifications in terms of additional bed capacity and housing has
to be stopped.
2) Strict reinforcement of plan decisions.
3) Avoid illegal constructions and violation of forest and public lands.
4) Avoid destruction of coastal morphology (i.e. sand extraction).
5) Reinforce International Control Mechanisms for pollution oriented towards
East Mediterranean. Besides, to avoid speculate pressures on the project
area, a new planning study has to be started for the Valley of GODENE
which lays parallel to the coastline behind the Bey Mountains.
The main lessons learned
Key factors in the development of tourism
Before the implementation of the project, a decision was taken for construction of a
coastal road and its construction had already started. This road would attire the
unwanted speculative, rapid development of to the area. This road was later
integrated to the project with its side connections planned and implemented. More
involved studies could be carried out but time was limited to stop the degeneration
of the area. A quick action has to be taken. The existence of an airport and
landownership pattern was also the key factors for the development.
Explanatory factors of successful (or unsuccessful) relationship between tourism
and sustainable development
Ministry of Tourism shared the preparation of land-use plans in 1/25 000 scale as
well as the implementation of the project components with all the relevant
ministries and agencies and with their local units. Each agency involved in the
project adopted the relevant component as their own project.
The Project Unit located in Antalya tried to communicate with the local people and
create a public awareness in the Region and in the country for the project to be
accepted. Although these Public Relation activities were limited, they helped a lot
to the success of the project. However with wider campaign in this field some
problems faced during the implementation could be avoided.
The Land-use plans could be realised in relatively shorter time due to the presence
of large scale state ownership of the land. Related public Agencies were well
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