The assesment of cultural herıtage as a product of sustaınable tourısm: the case of edirne

The purpose of the research is to determine current touristic products of Edirne City, which is a destination accepting many tourists by means of culture tourism and its cultural heritage, and to make suggestions for providing a sustainable touristic development through diverse touristic products. Accordingly; 19 participators consisting of representatives from public sector, private sector, nongovernmental organizations were interviewed with face-to face negotiation technique, content analysis was applied to data obtained from negotiations. Utilization of cultural heritage by paying regard to protection-use balance, presentation the existing traditional treasure to tourists after transforming them into touristic product varieties taking joint action by all actors relevant to tourism will be in favour destination for sustainable tourism development