MEDITERRANEAN ACTION PLAN

Annexe 2
Etudes de cas
Case studies
Ministry of Tourism, responsible for an environmentally sound, long-term and
sustainable tourism development while trying to increase our share in the
international tourist.
Since the 1980's the Turkish Government has followed liberalised, outwardoriented
economic policies.
The powerful development in tourism sector is mainly after the enactment of
Tourism Encouragement Law in 1982, in which necessary arrangements are made
and necessary measures are taken to regulate, develop and provide a dynamic
structure of tourism sector.
In this period, Tourism master (Land use) plans of Aegean and Mediterranean
Coasts are prepared to show priority areas where infra and superstructures would
be built.
Approximately one million bed capacity is planned within this study.
Within the framework of these planning studies, package projects and
implementation plans for many areas are completed.
Belek Tourism Development Areas
One of the tourism development projects implemented in East Antalya region is
Belek Project.
In 1985 within the Serik Neighbouring are the areas starting from Aksu River (in
the west) and Acisu River (in the east) has been declared as « Antalya Belek
Tourism Centre » . This procedure gives our Ministry the right to prepare and
approve the different scale implementation plans for the area surrounded by the
boundaries of tourism centre.
At that time, the area was defined as forest area in East Antalya Regional Plan
(scale:1/25.OOO).
Most of Belek's tourism development area is owned by the State. Most of the land
was assigned to the Ministry of Tourism in 1984 for a development as major new
resort area. The Tourism investors have obtained 49-year lease allocations from
the Ministry of Tourism where total investments began in 1990.
The Serik region employs more people in agriculture than is true for Turkey's
average, but there is a tendency to employ locals in the tourism facilities.
The soils of Belek region are very suitable for agriculture. Soils are rated good,
irrigation is widespread and the weather is mild and free of freezing temperatures.
Agricultural land represents 33% of the district. Forests represent 50% of it, the
remainder defined as urban and others.
This region is one of Turkey's most important greenhouse production centres. 450
hectares in the Serik region are devoted to this activity, involving primarily the
cultivation of vegetables and flowers.
The beaches of the Belek area have been used for informal local tourism for many
years. The local families used to build (barracas) along the beach. Most of them
were removed before tourist development started.
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