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New Knowledge Journal of Science, vol.2, pp.309-316, 2013 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Each city has its own characteristics. These characteristics as a whole cast general appearance, her image. To offer the city to tourism market in terms of this appearance is called “urban tourism”. The starting point of city tourism is the impact of the appearance belonging to the certain city on the people. The appearance and impact mentioned are the principals of the main factors which determine the tourism demand. The cities which have desirable geographic and climate characteristics in terms of tourism could take place as tourism center and sometimes they are thematically built on purpose. Touristic attractiveness is a desirable characteristic for the modern cities. The city should properly maintain some certain conditions in order to gain such characteristic. These conditions are the city’s authenticity and image, and the sustainability of her tourism. Taking into consideration the cities of Turkey, it is concluded that “urban tourism” is casted in the cities having various historical places and advantages. It has been observed that for the last few years the several cities, having the historical places restored to provide them with new functions, have emphasized them. In addition, the cities organized festivals to introduce various customs, food and beverage culture, agricultural products, and some places are provided for holiday, sports or congress centre to make them parts of global tourism culture. In this regard, Çanakkale with the natural, cultural and historical values is an attraction place for both local and foreign tourists. In the last a few years especially as a result of the rich interest in The Gallipoli Peninsula Historical National Park and intensive visits to it, Çanakkale downtown has enjoyed vivid touristic movements experience. It is prominent to determine potentially touristic places in the downtown and employ them. In order to have this movement positive impact on the economic, socio-cultural and urban development of Çanakkale. In this study, the potentially touristic places in Çanakkale are assessed and some certain suggestions are given to contribute to the development of urban tourism in Çanakkale.