As a territory where earth forms and flora were fashioned by mountainous structure, Gümüşhane has rich potentiality in the terms of alternative tourism. The direct distance of the province from the sea is about 50 kilometers. However, reaching to 3300 meters at highest, the territorial structure is the disadvantage of the province at the same time. The difficulty in traveling to any other provinces or to the locations within Gümüşhane has always been determinative for the social and economical life. The utilization of the advantages of natural environment could be managed with determining the dimensions of potentiality completely. This advantage could contribute to the economical, social and cultural development To gather data from the field, a survey form was used, consisting the same questions in two languages. The forms were applied to 201 domestic tourists, to 100 foreign tourists and to 100 tourism business managers as three separate categories of the research. The data obtained have been analyzed with SPSS software for the tests of arithmetic mean, standard deviation, percentage values, and frequencies. Then, the results of analyses were evaluated in the tables. The results demonstrate that the province of Gümüşhane has sufficient potential of alternative tourism to ensure the significant mobility of national and international tourism. However, it is concluded that this has not been used sufficiently.