Recreation planners should determine the acceptable levels of land use before making any planning decisiorıs. In an area to determine the aeceptable levels of land use. not only physieal. economie. ecological but also social carrying capacity of that area need to be determined at first. In this study on the base of the studies done before. perceived crowding which has an influence on social carrying capaeity is analyzed besides issues that effect pereeived crowding and the effects of pereeived crowding on visitors are examined.