Türkiye’s protected areas welcome record 4.6M visitors during Eid

Türkiye’s protected areas welcome record 4.6M visitors during Eid

With the urge to spend the nine-day vacation in a soothing pure atmosphere, over 4.6 million folks have visited the areas protected by the Nature Conservation and National Parks (DKMP) in the course of the current Eid vacation.

According to the assertion made by the Agriculture and Forestry Ministry on Tuesday, the curiosity of individuals within the protected areas below the General Directorate of the DKMP is growing daily.

With protected areas providing the chance to interact in actions that protect the stability between humanity and nature, individuals who wished to spend extra time in a recent and stress-free atmosphere flocked to protected areas and took benefit of the extended Eid vacation.

During the nine-day vacation, protected areas hosted a complete of 4,601,672 folks. Among essentially the most visited locations throughout this era was Antalya’s Beydağları Coast National Park within the nation’s south with a complete of 488,343 guests.

Marmaris National Park within the southwestern Muğla province ranked second with 471,231 guests.

The parks within the tourism hubs have been adopted by Ormanya Nature Park within the northwestern province of Kocaeli, which hosted some 362,864 guests, Ayvalık Island Nature Park in Balıkesir with 357,944 guests, and Beyşehir Lake National Park in central Konya province with 198,790 guests.

According to Anadolu Agency (AA), the DKMP General Directorate oversees 48 nationwide parks, 265 nature parks, 110 nature monuments, 31 nature safety areas, 105 wetlands and 85 wildlife growth areas.

Last 12 months, in the course of the Eid al-Adha vacation, the protected areas hosted 4.09 million guests.

Apart from the protected areas, the 1,857 forest parks throughout the physique of the General Directorate of Forestry (OGM) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry have been additionally flooded with guests in the course of the vacation.

In this context, essentially the most visited place was Antalya City Forest Forest Park, welcoming roughly 95,000 folks.

Especially after the pandemic, nature and out of doors actions turned extremely most popular amongst Turkish residents.

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