Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
SHIPWRECKS OF THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN AND PROTECTION OF MARINE BIODIVERSITY, ss.29-41, 2023 (SCI-Expanded)
In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the expectations of tourists, which also changed the instinct and the desire to explore the unknown and has brought new trends in the tourism sector. Due to the increasing demand for curiosity and interest, the increase in investments in this special area has revealed a new type of tourism titled scuba diving tourism. Scuba diving tourism is a type of tourism that includes promotional, sportive, and educational dives for the purpose of seeing, photographing, and filming the fauna, flora, and archaeological cultural assets of the underwater world, as well as accommodation and hospitality services provided on the shore. Therefore, in addition to its inherent social, psychological, and physiological benefits for divers, scuba diving enhances the sustainable development of coastal society by producing economic benefits while improving marine conservation and environmental awareness. These benefits have attracted the attention of both communities and tourism operators over the years. According to a recent report, there are 967 marine tourism operators in Turkiye; 270 of them belong to underwater operators while 9 of them are located in Canakkale. Owing to 14 sunken ships during World War (WW) 1, the Gallipoli Historic Underwater Park in Canakkale has become the first underwater park under the theme of WW1. On the other hand, the rising number of recreational dives has also evoked sustainability concerns over the world. Accordingly, this study aims to portray sustainable diving tourism in Canakkale within the context of wreck diving and its economic responses.