Fourth, the most detrimental impact of tourism development
and tourists has been on both the unique and
highly fragile natural and man-made resources. This
could be observed in Pamukkale and in the region of
Cappadocia since the mid-1980s. Pammukkale has become
very attractive for tourists and, thus, for tourism
entrepreneurs, owing to the "ssure-ridge and terracedmound
travertines created over the last 400,000 years as
a result of deposition from thermal waters that spring at
353C from within active "ssures and faults. Many of these
"ssures travertine are up to 10 m wide. The actively
accumulating travertine attracts visitors to Pamukkale in
increasing numbers. Consequently, urbanisation of the
areas has accelerated since the 1980s. Such uncontrolled
urbanisation has given rise to two main problems