Cappadocia is applying to become a UNESCO Global Geopark

Nevsehir has accelerated its efforts to become the second UNESCO Global Geopark in Turkey with the Cappadocia Geopark. The application file of the Cappadocia Geopark which covers the entire Nevsehir area of 5 thousand 485 square kilometers and includes 118 points such as Hacıbektaş, Gülşehir, Derinkuyu, Acıgöl, Çatalkaya, Kozaklı, will be submitted to UNESCO no later than October. Those who receive the UNESCO label are becoming the center of attention of geopark tourists with a high level of education, culture.

The application will be submitted no later than the end of October

Dr. Ahmet Aytaç Serdar, the scientific coordinator of the Cappadocia Geopark in the project aimed at spreading tourism throughout Nevsehir and ensuring the ownership of the world heritage by the local population said the application file would be sent to UNESCO no later than the end of October.

The coordinator described the work done and the situation as follows:

“We aim to spread tourism to the whole of Nevsehir province by entering the UNESCO Global list with the Cappadocia Geopark so that the socio-economic and cultural development of the local people can be achieved. Geotourism and geoparks are rural tourism areas, and although they are 2 thousand to 2 thousand 500 square meters in size, we are preparing for the declaration of a global geopark of an area of 5 thousand 485 square kilometers to cover the entire province of Nevsehir. Within this area, 118 points bearing traces of the geological and geomorphological past were identified. All of them will be gradually opened for tourism.”