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Abstract
Karababa Mountain from Botanical Tourism Perspective (AkdağmadeniġarkıĢla)
The recognition of botanical tourism as a type of nature-based tourism is based on
recent years. Researches indicates that the typical botanical tourist is middle-aged, with high
level of education/income, respectful to nature, have environment conscious, respectful of
cultural values and interested in gastronomy. Depending on the altitude, the most suitable
months for botanical tourism are the spring and early summer months, during which the
vegetation season starts and the plants can be seen blooming. In these months, the landscape
that emerges with the blooming of the plants in the Karababa Mountain can be attractive to
nature lovers. In this study, the significance of the rare plants for botanical tourism in the
Karababa Mountain located in between Akdağmadeni (Yozgat) and Şarkışla (Sivas) districts
is discussed. The research area is located within the borders of the Irano-Turanian
phytogeography region. The Karababa Mountain is a geomorphological unit rich in both plant
diversity and endemism. In terms of endemic plants, The Karababa Mountain has an
important potential for botanical tourism. In the study, the endemic plants growing in the
region were identified. Then, the topography map of the Karababa Mountain was drawn, and
the areas where endemic and rare plants grow on the topography map are roughly marked.
Finally, botanical tourism routes were drawn by considering roads, residential areas,
topographic structure and rest areas
Keywords
Yozgat, botanical tourism, the Karababa mountain, rare plants, natural heritage.
1. GiriĢ
Karababa Dağı Akdağmadeni (Yozgat) ilçesi ile Şarkışla ve Gemerek (Sivas) ilçeleri
arasında yer almaktadır. Dağın yaklaşık üçte biri Yozgat, geri kalanı da Sivas il sınırı
içerisinde yer almaktadır. Araştırma sahası İran-Turan Fitocoğrafya Bölgesinde
bulunmaktadır (Davis, 1965-1985; Muratgeldiyev vd., 2000). Karababa Dağı‟nın yüksekliği
1550 metre ile 2358 metreler arasında değişmektedir. En yüksek zirveleri 2358 m. ile Aşılık
Tepesi ve 2327 m. ile Karababa Tepesidir.
Türkiye doğal, kültürel ve tarihî açıdan oldukça zengin potansiyeline rağmen, turizm
sektörü deniz ve tarihî mekânlar turizminin dışındaki dallarda yeterince gelişme
gösterememiştir (Kozak ve diğ., 2011; Çağatay ve diğ., 2002; Doğanay ve Zaman, 2014;
Munt, 1994; Yetkin, 2016). Bu açıdan değerlendirildiğinde, Türkiye‟nin kırsal turizm, kongre
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