The agro-tourism, which is one of the alternative tourism types and increasinglybecoming significant today, has developed by combination of agriculture and tourism.Agro-tourism is a tourism activity in which individuals preferring to move away fromintense urban life usually accommodate in farm type houses and consume organicproducts in touch with nature. This type of tourism is particularly common in developedcountries and has a lot of contributions in economical, sociological and biologicalaspects. In Turkey, agro-tourism is particularly more active in Aegean and MediterraneanRegions. Gümüşhane is a region which stays between Eastern Anatolian and black SeaRegions, experiences the climates of both regions and has a 113 thousand ha arable land.On the other hand, it is considered that Gümüşhane province should be assessed in termsof agro-tourism as it already has a tourism potential both with its natural beauties andcultural heritage. In this regard, agro-tourism potential of the province was assessed in thestudy and SWOT analysis was made in terms of agro-tourism, and finally; suggestionswere offered under the development of agro-tourism potential of the province. For thatpurpose, secondary sources were used to collect data.