The place and importance of ecotourism in accomplishing of living trouble in to be developed of forest villagers in Turkey forestry sector . (case of Camili biosphere reserve area in Turkey)

Abstract

Since forest vlllagers could not provide sufficient ineome for living, they cause forest degradation.ORKÖY which support the socioeconomic development of forest villagers cculdn't provide to success. In rural areas, ecotourism activiti~s can be considered as a tool for migratian and unemployment problems. Ecotourlsm can contribute to the sustaining the natural and cultural values while it offers participatlon of local people in tourism activities. However; forestryvillagers relations doesn't seem possible to undertake the task alone. Therefore, related foundations wlth forestry, civil soclety, prlvate seeter and local people must act as organizational and corporational. In this paper, in accomplishing of living trouble in to be developed of forest villagers subject is analyzed and in content of Artvin- Camili Biosphere Reserve Area is used as data. Questionnaires included their ecotourism activities, info levels and joining, social- economic effects, annual revenue ete. like these variabtes were inquired both before and after the ecotourism activities. Data will be analyzed through descriptives, Chi-Square, palred T tests, and Wilcoxon analyses