A RESEARCH ON ARBORETUMS WITHIN TOURISM CONCEPT

Abstract

Tourism as a social activity comes to the forefront with its cultural and economic dimensions. The tourism sector keeps pace with the changing world. Consequently, 3S -sea, sand, sun-; defining tourism and holiday mentality has reached up to substantial character. People prefer to spend time in nature, meet different cultures and experience the values of places by themselves either individually or as (1 group in holidays. Thus alternative types of tourism occurred against mass tourism called eco-tourism generally. The importance of botanic gardens and arboretums which give an opportunity to explore plant variety and geographical characteristics become significant to support nature tourism and botanic tourism day by day. The functions and benefits of arboretums are handled and then Trakya University Balkan Arboretum Project is mentioned for tourism destination of Edirne in this study.