Knowledge Networking Portal for Sustainable & Responsible Tourism
Kastamonu İksir Resort Town
| Contributor | Herbert Hamele |
|---|---|
| Country | Turkey |
| Keywords |
|
| Organisation | Iksir resort town |
| Postal address | Daday Kelebek Mah. 37860 Daday – Kastamonu / Türkiye |
| Phone | +90 366.616 10 16 |
| Fax | +90 366.616 10 46 |
| info@iksirresorttown.com | |
| Webpage | http://www.iksirresorttown.com/ |
| Release date | 19/09/2018 |
| Landscape type | Unspecified |
| Topics |
|
| GSTC Criteria for Destinations |
|
| Marketplace category |
|
| Type |
|
| # | File name | Contributor | Release date | Uploaded by | Upload date | Size | Content type |
|---|
| Good Practice Innovation Sheet | ||||
  |
||||
| Items | Description | |||
| 1. WHO | ||||
| Key people and organisations (initiator, leader, partners) | İKSIR RESORT TOWN | |||
| Iksir Resort Town Daday is located at the end of the province of Daday, Kastamonu. The main building is a wooden mansion: Iksir Hanım Konağı which was built as a family resident in 1926. Apart from this, there are two chalets and an organic farm. As well as being able to stay in high altitude mountain houses, it also has access to winter sports and highland tourism facilities. There are ranches on the farm, and cereals, fruits and vegetables are produced. Any customers who are interested in breeding, gathering and processing products and animal care can participate in activities. | ||||
| Key Figures | Surface | Inhabitants | Tourism arrivals | Tourism nights |
| 2. WHY | ||||
| Reason for taking the good practice action |
The fact that the main accommodation building, which is a beautiful example of the local architecture, is being operated to reflect the life of the pre-century period, the positive communication and cooperation with the people of the environment. Organic production and consumption, horse riding, cycling, nature walk, various competition events (such as mushroom racing) and various eco-tourism activity opportunities. In addition, although it is not an eco-tourism document, it provides the majority (72%) of ecotourism criteria and has some documents and awards like ORSER the organic farming entrepreneur certificate, and it’s been established and operated by a woman. |
|||
| Issues and challenge | ||||
| 3. HOW | ||||
| Methods /steps / tools used (to develop the good practice) | Consumption of local and organic products, prioritization of the local people in product purchase and recycling, waste management, measures and warnings to reduce waste, including disposable products. The development of various eco-tourism activities and the necessary information to protect the natural and cultural assets. | |||
| 4. RESULT | ||||
| Specific/measurable results, benefits | Being an example of environmentally friendly practices through the production and consumption of organic agricultural products, efficient use of resources and protection of cultural, social and natural values in Daday, one of the important ecotourism destinations in the Black Sea Region. | |||
| Recognitions (e.g. awards) | Organic farming entrepreneur certificate issued by ORSER, production certificate issued by the Governor. | |||
| 5. REFLECTION | ||||
| Lessons learned | ||||
| Challenges met | ||||
| Critical success factors | ||||
| 6. MORE | ||||
| web-references, documents |
Web site: http://www.iksirresorttown.com/ Telephone:+90 366.616 10 16 Fax: +90 366.616 10 46 E-Mail: info@iksirresorttown.com Address: Daday Kelebek Mah. 37860 Daday – Kastamonu / Türkiye |
|||
