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One of the most important events in sustainable tourism, as in all areas of life, is awareness. In every sense, we have many values underneath. These values will contribute to development. Even in social, cultural and environmental sense, they have a great potential to contribute to our development. We are not aware of these values as our own priority. Even if we are aware, we waste because we do not create awareness. One of the most important factors in this is that we are dealing with our subject matter values by isolating them from their natural environment. When we consider the geographical position of our country and its place in geological processes, we have many riches in the context of natural assets with scientific and cultural values. These values are; establishing awareness of enriched geotourism routes (geotourism routes) in the context of sustainable tourism and taking into account the principles of geotourism will play an important role in the creation of sustainable tourism-based development and even sustainable environmental awareness both at local scale and regional scale. In this context, Gümüşhane-Eski Gümüşhane-Dörkonak route was considered as an enriched route of geotourism. It is aimed to create awareness by bringing together the natural, cultural and geologic elements of the mentioned route to the public attention. In this context, a route has been introduced for the local people to enjoy on a daily basis. It will also be appreciated as a day-trip tourism route in the national and international context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]