Tourism centers of Mersin Province
Tourism centers of Mersin Province, are eight officially determined locations where the touristic investments will be promoted through incentive scheme.[1] in Mersin Province, Turkey. Six of the locations are known as Tourist centers and the last two in Tarsus are known as Culture and Tourism conservation and development areas.[2][3] Except for the last one (Karboğazı) which is in the mountains, all of these centers are seaside locations.
| District | Name of the center | Area ha |
Distance to district center km |
Distance to Mersin km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anamur | Melleç | 30 | 21 | 245 |
| Gülnar | Ortaburun | 91 | 35 | 151 |
| Silifke | Kargıcak | 72 | 35 | 120 |
| Silifke | Narlıkuyu-Akyar | 1046 | 16 | 75 |
| Silifke | Ovacık | 95 | 43 | 128 |
| Silifke | Taşucu-Boğsak | 1159 | 16 | 96 |
| Tarsus | 1712 | 15 | 40 | |
| Tarsus | Karboğazı | 3573 | 60 | 87 |
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.kultur.gov.tr/TR/belge/1-44065/turizmi-tesvik-kanunu.html The law for the encouragement of tourism (in Turkish)]
- ^ Metap:Mersin Turizm merkezleri Kültür ve Turizm Koruma ve gelişim bölgeleri, 2010
- ^ Page of Provincial Tourism Directorate (in Turkish)