New Focus July - August 2013

July / August’2013 No: 132

Take a Boat Tour at

The Pearl of Istanbul, Bosphorus

Bir Çin Adası

Xiamen

ATM - Dubai KITF - Almaty Aeromeet - Malezya

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Tourists avoid chaos Tourism is holiday,

Tourism is relaxing,

Tourism is a pleasure.

Tourism is to remove fatigue,

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Tourism is to stay away from stress.

Istanbul, Bosphorus

**** Tourism is the act to realize the dreams you have while working.

Therefore where there is chaos, fight, war, there is no tourist.

There is no discrimination of race, religion, language in tourism.

Tourism professionals should be against racisim, chaos, fighting, and war.

All tourism professionals from top to bottom! **** Where there is no peace, there is no tourism

Tourism grows if there is peace in that country

28 U-20 World Cup Kicks Off in Style in

Tourism develops if there is peace in the world.

Istanbul

“Peace at Home, Peace in the World”

First, tourism professionals wish and pray for this.

“Peace at Home, Peace in the World” – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Hope you will enjoy our peaceful news in this issue.

And we wish you peaceful holidays....

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ACI World-Europe Conference held in Istanbul Despite anti-government protests that have rocked the city, the general assembly of ACI World, the global platform of airport operators and ACI Europe, held in Istanbul without any problem.

ACI World-Europe Conference held in Istanbul under the TAV Airports sponsorship.

More than 800 senior executives who govern 95% of the global air traffic met in Istanbul. Airport Council International, the main organization of the airport operators and ACI Europe have decided to hold their general assembly meetings in Istanbul this year. The opening ceremony of the two-day conference at Istanbul Congress center was attended by many executives including State Airport Authority (DHMI) General Manager Orhan Birdal, ACI World General Director Angela Gittens, ACI Europe General Director Olivier Jankovec and TAV Group CEO and ACI Europe Board Member Sani Sener.

Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communication Minister Binali Yildirim sent a video message to the opening ceremony and emphasized that Turkey has achieved a significant success in the aviation sector for the past 10 years. He said that despite the global standstill, Turkey has achieved double digit growth rates which created the need for more investment in infrastructure. ACI World General Director Angela Gittens said that airports are facing new obstacles and opportunities due to increasing global competition. Showing the double digit growth rates achieved by Istanbul Ataturk Airport as an example, Gittens underlined the importance of this achievement. Stating that airports were inclining mainly towards passenger based revenues in line with airlines and airline associations getting strong, Gittens also said “The view that airports operate in monopoly is a myth.”

TAV Group CEO and ACI Europe Board Member Sani Sener said that Istanbul is an historical city dating back 3000 years and they are very happy to be hosting such a major event.

“We provided service to 10 million passengers during our first year of operation at Ataturk Airport. Last year we welcomed 45 million passengers and the total number of passengers we provide service to across all airports we operate reached 72 million. The coalition of TAV Airports and Aéroports de Paris created one of the world’s largest platforms in the airport operation sector. In this sector, knowing the behaviour and demands of the passengers is very important; together with AdP, we have data for 200 million passengers and I am confident that we will move both our industry and company forward. I would like to thank you all and wish everyone a pleasant meeting.”

Airport Service Quality Award Winners Airports Council International (ACI) honoured recipients of its annual 2012 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Awards and inductees to ACI’s Director General’s Roll of Excellence during the ACI Europe and World Annual Congress & Exhibition 2013 Gala Dinner and ASQ Awards Ceremony at Ciragan Palace Kempinski.

Four new airports were inducted into the Director General’s Roll of Excellence which recognizes airports that have ranked among the top five in Airport Service Quality (ASQ) for five years.

Inductees Include:    

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ASQ Awards ASQ Awards were presented in four categories that included: Best Airport by Region, Best Airport by Region (Fewer than 2 million Passengers per Year), Best Airport by Size, and Best Improvement. At its 2012 World Annual General Assembly in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, ACI announced that it would discontinue the Best Airport Worldwide award category to focus more attention on categories that facilitate comparison, particularly airport size and region.

ASQ Award Recipients Best Airport by Size: Millions of Passengers Per year(first place) Hohhot (2-5m), Nagoya (5-15m), Seoul Gimpo (15-25m), Seoul Incheon (25-40m),Singapore (over 40m).

Best Airport by Region(first place) Cape Town (Africa), Seoul Incheon (Asia-Pacific), Moscow Sheremetyevo (Europe), Cancun (Latin-America-Caribbean), Abu Dhabi (Middle East), Indianapolis (North America).

Best Airport by Region: airports with fewer than 2 million passengers per year Upington (Africa), Skopje (Europe), Victoria (North America).

Best Improvement Mombasa (Africa), Sanya (Asia-Pacific), Faro (Europe), Santo Domingo (Latin-America-Caribbean), Abu Dhabi (Middle East), Winnipeg (North America).

Record Number of Tourists Visited Istanbul in May Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate announced record number of tourist arrivals in May 2013.

A total of 3.983.674 tourists visited Istanbul in the first 5 months of 2013. The Directorate said in that the number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul increased 21 percent compared to the same period last year.

A record number of tourists have visited the city in May. A total of 1.058.771 tourists visited Istanbul in May 2013, an increase of 22 percent compare to May 2012 that visited by 867.511 tourists.

The most of the tourists arrived in Istanbul are from Germany which is followed by Russia with 252.376, France with 185.693 and the US with 175.315. A total of 452.088 German tourists visited Istanbul.

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Turkish Airlines is the Best in Europe in Last 3 Years

Turkish Airlines has been chosen “Best Airline in Europe”, “Best Airline in Southern Europe” and awarded “Best Business Class Catering” in 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards.

As a world recognized brand associated with air travel excellence in 21st century by providing unique products to the world airline and airport industry through professional Audit and Service Benchmarking programmes of airlines, airline alliances, airports and related air transport product and service suppliers across the globe, Skytrax had become the world leader in ranking aviation offers. Assessing over 238 airlines and 148 airports based on passenger input, Skytrax publishes and ranks aviation providers based on these submissions. And again this year, Turkish Airlines scored a resounding success at the 2013 Skytrax World Airline Awards, with air travellers voting the airline as the “Best Airline in Europe”, the third year running.

By adding ‘Flying Chef’ service for Business Class passengers on its long flights, Turkish Airlines has been also named as the winner in the category, “Best Business Class Catering”.

The results of the 2013 World Airline Awards were announced today at the Paris Air Show. “Best Airline in Europe”, “Best Airline in Southern Europe” and “Best Business Class Catering” awards were presented to Turkish Airlines’ CEO, Temel Kotil Ph.D. by CEO of Skytrax, Edward Plaisted. The survey operated over a 10-month period, and more than 100 nationalities from

over 160 countries around the world participated in the survey.

Six years ago, in 2007, Turkish Airlines, was first ranked as a four star airline by Skytrax. While keeping its 4-star airline title again in 2008, Turkish Airlines joined Star Alliance and was also named “The Best Airline in Southern Europe”.

Maintaining the same momentum in 2010, Turkish Airlines continued to be the “Best Airline in Southern Europe” and “Best Catering in Economy Class” with the inflight service provided by Turkish Do&Co. The airline also took 3rd place of the best airline companies in Europe.

In 2011, Turkish Airlines was chosen as the winner of the 3 categories by Skytrax; “Best Airline in Europe”, “Best Premium Economy Seats” for its Comfort Class seats and “Best Airline in Southern Europe” at the 2011 World Airline Awards.

Turkish Airlines scored the same success at the 2012 Skytrax World Airline Awards, with its passengers voting the airline as the “Best Airline in Europe” the second year running. It was also named by Skytrax as the winner in 3 categories, “Best Airline in Southern Europe” and “Best Premium Economy Class Airline Seat” for its Comfort Class seats.

Turkish Airlines continues to consolidate its position as one of the world’s leading airlines by investments made in recent years, the awards received, impressive growth figures, large-scale aircraft orders and continuously expanding route network. They all demonstrate its continued popularity amongst airline passengers.

Istanbul’s Airport Selected the Fastest Growing Airport “The Fastest Growing Airport” at Euro Annies 2013 Awards held by Anna.aero, the most respectable website in the aviation sector, was given to a Turkish airport.

Istanbul Ataturk Airport operated by TAV Airports was selected as ‘The Fastest Growing Airport’ at the 4th Euro Annies Awards 2013 by anna.aero website, one of the most important publications followed closely by the aviation sector. Ataturk Airport received the winning title at Euro Annies 2013 where the best of the aviation sector are awarded annually with its 21 per cent growth in its passenger traffic.TAV Istanbul General Manager Kemal Unlu said “Istanbul Ataturk Airport has secured a position for itself amongst the leaders of the aviation sector with a steady growth it has achieved during the last 10 years.

During the last year when the world was still recovering from the effects of the crisis, we achieved 21 per cent growth and hosted 45 million passengers. We strive to offer our guests a fast, comfortable and safe travel experience through our expertise that we gained globally. We cooperate with all our stakeholders, particularly with DHMI (State Airports Authority) and THY (Turkish Airlines) at the highest level. We are very pleased to receive this award at anna.aero which is one of the leading publications of the aviation sector.”

Istanbul Ataturk Airport which was selected ‘The Fastest

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Growing Airport’ at Euro Annies 2013 where winners are selected based on the passenger traffic data published at the aviation website anna.aero, has also shared the winning prize with Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in 2011 in the category of ‘Airport with the most recent routes outside Europe’ for its new network of 7 routes.

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Top International Congresses Meet Successfully in Istanbul

During two weeks of environmental protests around Turkey, the World’s # 1 congress destination with more than 500 delegates, Istanbul has successfully continued hosting International congresses.

Within the last two weeks Istanbul has hosted The 14th EFORT Congress, with 6,800 participants, the Turkish Pediatrics Society, with 2,000 participants and several other prestigious meetings and congresses have been successfully held in Istanbul’s Congress Valley and environs.

The tourism industry is among the sectors most directly impacted by the protests that have taken place primarily in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, but also throughout Turkey, in recent days. The members of the tourism industry have invested significant effort in both ensuring that their guests are not negatively impacted by the protests.

The government has publicly stated that they have understood the demands made by protesters exercising their democratic rights and will take the steps necessary. Moreover, currently Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality is working on greening and planting the Gezi Park and the protests finished in Taksim Area and back to its everyday life.

Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu, the General Manager of the Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau, evaluated the impact of the protests in Taksim’s Gezi Park on the tourism industry.

“Thus far there have been very few congresses cancelled,” said Fisunoğlu, continuing, “However, there have, of course, been last-minute cancellations at hotels. As of this point in time, nothing has happened that will negatively affect Istanbul’s reputation or interfere with the city’s ability to attract future congresses.”

Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau reported; “This week the Hilton Istanbul will host a congress with 250 participants, while the Haliç Congress Center will host a congress with around 1.000 participants. We continue to provide the national and international organizers with coordination assistance and communication support. We are providing all relevant parties with information and images showing that normal business and social life in Istanbul is not disrupted, that life goes on as usual. Necessary steps have been taken to inform and reassure organizers of congresses to be held in the near future in Istanbul.”

Fisunoğlu stated that Istanbul closed out 2011 & 2012 as the world’s number one destination for congresses with 500 or more delegates.

Fisunoğlu, while stating that she hoped that current events would not threaten Istanbul’s leading position said, “On the basis of numbers extracted from ICCA figures, it looks as Istanbul is sharing the number one position with Barcelona and Paris in 2012 for congresses with 500 and more participation.”

The happenings have not affected Istanbul’s image as a leading international congress and tourism destination. Istanbul is recognized as a peaceful, safe and stable destination thanks to the many high-profile events it has hosted.

Moreover, since Istanbul offers several independent congress and meeting districts with full infrastructure including venues and accommodations, some organizers have opted to relocate their events within the city during this short period.

As Istanbul and Turkey return to business as usual, underlining the increasing maturity of the country’s democracy, we look forward to welcoming international guests to an exciting schedule of congresses and high-profile cultural events, including the Istanbul Shopping Fest, which runs through June 30th. Sports fans will not want to miss the Mediterranean Games being held in Mersin from June 20th – 30th, or the FIFA U-20 World Cup being hosted all around the country including Istanbul from June 21st to July 13th.

For any questions, please contact the Istanbul Convention & Visitors Bureau (ICVB), www.icvb.org

‘ODEON Tours International Young Rackets Tournament’ has Successfully Ended The International Young Rackets Tennis Tournament organized by ODEON Tours for the fifth time this year with the aim of making Turkey a rising star of the world tennis and supporting young tennis players has come to an end.

In the tournament organized in Antalya with the support of Turkish Tennis Association, a total of 40 rackets in the 13 - 14 age group including 20 players from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, and Egypt and 20 players from Turkey and their coaches were hosted in Grida City Hotel.

Tomazs Dudek, last year’s champion from Poland, and Alina Kislitskaya from Russia became the champions in men’s singles and women’s singles respectively in the tournament that started on May 30 in Tek Tenis Sports Club in Antalya. Oleksii Markovsky - Dmytro Yeremenko from Ukraine and Halal Hesham - Habiba Kahled from Egypt became champions in men’s doubles and women’s doubles respectively.

Turkish male rackets made a strong impression with their performances in the semi-final and final matches. Osmancan Söyler, who was born in 1999 and ranks 75th in the general ranking and within the first 10 in his own age group in Turkey advanced to the final while Cem Ertürk, who was born in 1999 and ranks 34th in the general ranking and 2nd in his own age group in Turkey came in the third place in “ODEON Tours

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International Young Rackets Tournament”.

Those who ranked high were awarded with cups while weekend Antalya holidays were presented to the champions and roundtrip Antalya tickets were given to the finalists in the “ODEON Tours International Young Rackets Tennis Tournament” award ceremony held on June 2, Sunday after the breathtaking semifinal and final matches.

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Turkey will host MedCruise General Assembly fourth edition of the statistics of the association’s members, and the MedCruise Cruise Ports Benchmarking study. The final day participants enjoyed B2B meetings with cruise lines.

Emphasis during round-table discussions was given on the fact that ports in the Med have to adapt speedily, so as to respond to the deployment trends. Market trends suggest that they did so successfully up to now, responding to the challenge, adapting operational practices and updating infrastructures and services required, leading MedCruise members to conclude that the emphasis now is to act as a catalyst to foster further cooperation among the ports of Mediterranean for the sustainable growth of the region as a whole Discussing the way forward, participants decided on a number of activities for the MedCruise, the Association representing cruise ports in the coming months, including a strategy for promoting MedCruise Mediterranean and its adjoining seas, held its 42nd General ports-destinations in new source markets including China.

Assembly in Madeira Portugal, 13-14 June.

As MedCruise President Stavros Hatzakos told reporters during Opened by the President of the Regional Government of the post-event press conference: Madeira Alberto Joao Jardim, and attended by the Regional Minister of Culture Tourism and Transports Conceicao Almeida “All port-members participating in our association recognize Estudiante, the General Assembly and the parallel events were the need to collectively promote their efforts to host modern cruise. They also acknowledge the need to provide common successfully hosted by the Port of Madeira, with participants and guests having the opportunity to follow the recent positive responses that effectively serve the market, and search for solutions to existing problems. developments in the cruise ports of the region.

When the pluralism and the growing number of associations Discussions during the two days-event focused on the around the globe produces some unease, MedCruise inclusive several challenges of cruise port management, including accommodation of more traffic, new itineraries, new practices, membership, and the active participation of a growing number of ports in collective activities, provides to the basis to infrastructure and services demands, programming, but also speak as an authoritative association. Our GA confirmed the cancellations. commitment for MedCruise to be the one-stop hub for all those Highlights of the lively two-days event included lively roundwanted to learn about and engage with Med ports“. tables on how they approach the several implications of the The General Assembly also welcomed a new member, the port berth allocation schemes and the way cruise-lines approach of Huelva, increasing MedCruise members to 72 members plus developments in cruise ports. Guest speakers included, Vassilios Gazikas, Louis Cruises, Nathalie Oelmann and Thomas 30 associate members, and well over 100 cruise ports in the Mediterranean region, the Black Sea, the Red Sea and the Near Rucht, TUI, Justin Poulsen, Holland America; Eduardo LopezAtlantic.

Puertas, Pullmantur and Adam Sharp, Royal Caribbean.

The 43d MedCruise General Assembly will be held in Alanya, The MedCruise General Assembly offered to participating Turkey 13-15 November 2013. members the opportunity to discuss two newly published reports, the MedCruise Statistics 2013 report, that is the

Turkish Food and Music Festival in Orange County, CA

All food and music lovers gathered this weekend at the OC Fair and Event Center in Costa Mesa, California for the Anatolian Cultures and Food Festival 2013. The festival took place from May 16 to May 19, 2013. The festival featured realistic exhibits, more than 100 food and craft stands and dozens of live performances by world-class musicians and dancers. The festival offered a massive variety of the best food of the region prepared fresh each day by skilled Turkish cooks, chefs and caterers. The foods ranged from tasty kebabs, freshly-made baklavas and flat breads (gozlemes), to homemade dumplings (manti) and vegetables cooked in olive oil and much more. The popular sticky ice-cream and kunefe (a madeto-order shredded pastry dessert) also made a return, as well as many flavorful examples of Ottoman cuisine including milk puddings, Turkish delight and a variety of stuffed vegetables.

New this year was the city of Antep, best known as home of the pistachio, baklava and layered kebabs. A group of local

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chefs were on hand preparing some of the best examples of the local cuisine.

These foods and much more were prepared and sold at the festival’s Grand Bazaar area made up of more than a hundred stalls. Festivalgoers also enjoyed many local refreshments, including the fresh yoghurt drink called ayran, as well as Turkish coffee and traditionally brewed teas and fresh juices.

At two stages a line-up of Turkish chefs gave food demos throughout the four days, while best-selling authors and culinary experts Faye Levy and Clifford A. Wright talked about the regional cuisine.

This year the festival put on an even greater display of Anatolian music, with a mix of folk, pop, traditional and religious music performed live by dozens of musicians traveling from Turkey.

The line-up of performances included: Serkan Cagri, Turkish clarinet master and his ensemble The Whirling Dervishes, the Sufi performers from the City of Konya Omer Faruk Tekbilek, Turkish virtuoso and his ensemble Yasar, a popular Turkish pop singer The award-winning Yenimahalle TUBIL Folk Dance Group The Van Folk Dance Group from Eastern Turkey Udi Yervant, an Armenian singer and musician Ferhat, a Turkish pop singer The Ottoman Marching Band, one of the world’s oldest military bands The Reyhani Folk Music and Dance Group from the city of Mardin The Keravnos and Kymata St Sophia Church Greek Dance Group

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Istanbul’s 3rd Airport Contract Initialed

Istanbul’s third airport contract has been initialed. The third airport to be built in Istanbul was contracted on the 80th foundation anniversary of General Directorate of State Airports Authority (DHMI) in Ankara with the attendance

of Turkish Minister of Transportation, Maritime Affairs and Communications Binali Yildirim, Director General of State Airports Authority of Turkey (DHMI) Orhan Birdal and representatives of the Limak, Cengiz, Kolin, Ma-Pa, Kalyon companies.

Turkish Minister of Transportation Binali Yildirim said the airport project had been a milestone that had changed all the indicators in Turkey at the signing ceremony held at the Directorate General for Highways in Turkish capital Ankara.

Yildirim reminded that he had said “This airport tender will return to Turkey as an upgraded rating”, and added “Turkey is growing and developing with each passing day and the country has implemented significant projects that would serve not only its own citizens but also all the countries in the region.”

The planned third airport will be one of the largest airports in the world with four separate terminal buildings and annual capacity of 150 million passengers when completed.

The new airport project in Istanbul was undertaken by Limak/ Cengiz/Kolin/Ma-Pa/Kalyon Consortium, a joint venture of only Turkish companies.

American-Turkish Council held 32nd Annual Conference on Culture and Tourism Roundtable of New York Metropolitan Museum Department of Greek-Roman Art, Leslie Zack; Director of Meetings of International and American Association for Dental Research, and Bryan L. G. Lewis; Business Development Director of Civitas Advisors LLC. Diverse experiences of the four foreign speakers who all have been to different locations in Turkey for different reasons, were all very enlightening and prosperous in terms of creative ideas, sincere feedback and valuable insights that could be employed and applied in the future promotions and programs designed to improve Turkey’s cultural and touristic relations with US and again with the rest of the world.

Although the diversity around the table had brought the opportunity for a 360 degree view and a strong perception about the most important question for future program which would be “where does Turkey stand in American people’s minds?” The decision making process This year’s Culture and Tourism Roundtable has been one of for future promotions and tourism plans will be mostly feeding the highlights of the 32nd Annual Conference of ATC (American from the resolutions and shared opinions during this session Turkish Council) that took place in Washington DC between 2nd about the “image” of Turkey and the “Turkey Brand”. and 5th of June.

Among these diverse expertises and experiences, all the The roundtable session regarding the cultural relations and speakers had one significant common denominator which was tourism activities between the two countries took place on the hospitality of Turkish people and the natural, cultural and Tuesday, 4th of June with the attendance of a crowd full of historical beauty that fascinate all the visitors. expertise in different fields of interest. As the moderator of Representatives, consultants and officers from Turkish the panel discussion, Ceylan Pirinccioglu (CEO of VIP Tourism Republic Ministry of Culture and Tourism also attended the and VP of TABA-AMCHAM) has been elected. During the session and provided great contribution to the panel while Culture and Tourism Roundtable, Mr.Pirinccioglu hosted five sharing their ideas and answering questions about future panelists who brought together five different expertises and promotional programs. created a vital environment full of diversity all for the sake of When Mr. Pirinccioglu asked the panellists to share the “one touristic and cultural relations between US and Turkey. sentence/one line” that they would tell their friends and family The speakers in this session were; Mehmet Bahattin Atci; about their visit to Turkey, they all replied “You should go to District Governor of Milas (Mugla, Turkey), Patricia Schultz; Turkey!” author of the New York Times Best Seller book titled “1000 Places to See Before You Die”, Christopher Lightfoot; Curator

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Istanbul’s 3rd Bridge Connecting Europe to Asia Groundbreaking ceremony for the third bridge in Istanbul was held with the attendance of Turkish President Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.and Parliament Speaker Cemil Cicek. The ceremony was held on the 560th anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul, doubled the significance of the day. Likewise, the bridge is to be completed on May 29, 2015, as Erdogan said at the ceremony, which will be the 562nd anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul.

President Gul announced the name of the new bridge as ‘’Yavuz Sultan Selim’’ and said “The first bridge was named after Ataturk, the founder of the Republic of Turkey and the first President. The second one was named after Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror, who presented us with Istanbul, while at the same time being honoured to reach the praise of Prophet Muhammad about the conquest of Istanbul. Now, the third bridge is named after Sultan Yavuz Selim. We hope the bridge will be completed on time allowing us to reach Asia from Europe and Europe from Asia.”

The first bridge in Istanbul is widely known as “The Bosphorus Bridge” which was completed in 1973 spanning the Bosphorus strait. Fatih Sultan Mehmet is the second bridge, completed in 1988 and named after the 15th century Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror who conquered Istanbul and brought

an end to the control of the Byzantine Empire.

The third one, will be called “Yavuz Sultan Selim’’, who was a Sultan of the Ottoman Empire in the 16th century and the first Ottoman sultan taking the title of “Caliph of Islam”.

In Brief n Can Göktaş is promoted as Regional Director of Sales Turkey & Southern Europe at Kempinski Can Goktas

Hotels.

Pelin Yamanus

n Merit International Hotels & Resorts appointed Pelin Yamanus as Group Sales Coordinator. n Haluk Otcu has been appointed to EUROSTARS Hotel Old City as General Manager.

Haluk Otcu

n The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul announced the appointment of Ela Ergin as the hotel’s new Sales

Ela Ergin

and Marketing Director.

Sevim Cimen

n Silence Istanbul Hotels & Convention Center appointed Sevim Çimen as Manager for Spa Center.

n Elif Balcı Fisunoğlu has been elected to the board of European Cities Marketing.

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Elif Balci Fusunoglu

n Haliç Congress Center announced two key appointments. Berna Akşit Yakuboğlu has been appointed Manager of Sales, Pelin Bakkal has been appointed Director of Sales and Marketing.

n Thomas Eder is the new General Manager of the Istanbul Marriott Hotel Sisli.

Thomas Eder

Pelin Bakkal

n Remco Norden has been appointed to Hilton İstanbul Bomonti Hotel & Conference Center as the general manager.

n Kerem Demirkol, is the new general Manager for Hapimag Resort Sea Garden Bodrum Cetin Pehlivan

Remco Norden

n Çetin Pehlivan has been appointed to Mardan Palace as the new general manager. n Cumhur Özen, is now general manager of Golf International investments .

Elif Keskin

n Elif Keskin is the new general Manager for Golden Key Hotels.

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KITF 2013

The largest tourism exhibition in Kazakhstan and Central Asia; KITF 2013, took place on 24-26 April in Almaty.

KITF is organised by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Kazakhstan and Almaty

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City Administration, together with Iteca (Kazakhstan), part of ITE Group Plc (UK). This year’s event breaks a record with the number of countries represented by the exhibitors In two pavilions at the Atakent Exhibition Centre, KITF 2013 presented about 500 tour operators and travel agencies from 40 countries, and features the national stands of nineteen countries.

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ATM 2013

Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2013, the region’s leading travel industry showcase, is held 6 – 9 May 2013 in Dubai, UAE with over 2,500 exhibitors from 87 countries. “Turkey has been exhibiting at ATM for 15 years now and this year we’re returning with an insatiable commitment to deliver beyond what is expected from the current trends; and as always, we are excited and certain to reap an entirely new wave of benefits from joining the fair.”

Sedat Gonulluoglu, Turkish Cultural and Information Attaché commented. Tourism to Turkey from GCC region has been experiencing phenomenal growth.

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According to official statistics of Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2012 compared to 2011 number of tourists from UAE increased by 35.11%, from Bahrain by 38.37%, from Kuwait by 56.59% and from Qatar by 82.37%. And in February 2013 alone compared to same period in 2012 number of tourists from UAE increased by 65.71%, from Bahrain by 134.24%, from Kuwait by 89.82% and Qatar by 110.34%.

“These numbers just contain the citizens of those countries. As you know there are too many expats who work in the region and they also travel to Turkey a lot.” Said Sedat Gonulluoglu. “In 2013 we are expecting 65% increase from GCC” Sedat Gonulluoglu added.

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Take a Boat Tour at The Pearl of Istanbul, Bosphorus

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he Bosphorus is a strait some 30 km long, running in the general direction of north to south and varying greatly in width from about 700m at its narrowest to more than three and a half kilometers at its widest. Its average depth (center) is 30120m. Known in Turkish as Boğaziçi (the Strait), it links the Black Sea with the Marmara Sea and, with the Dardanelles (in Çanakkale), separates Europe from Asia.

With the shores rising to heights up to 200m, lined with palaces, ruins, villages, and gardens, the

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Bosphorus is one of the most beautiful stretches of scenery in Turkey. Along with the Ottoman summer palace “Köşk”s, people can also see many of the old and beautiful Ottoman wooden seaside mansions, called “Yalı”.

The yalı was originally intended as a summer house. The central area has a wooden dome with spacious bays on three sides; a continuous row of low windows in these bays allow cool breezes to blow through and offers views of the Bosphorus in all directions.

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molding, and ceiling and walls painted with arabesques, geometrical designs and floral garlands in enchanting colours accented in gold. In the Bosphorus, the shore is adorned by many yalıs, most of them built in the 19th century. Some yalıs are very old and have a fascinating

history with a series of owners. On the Asian side, the oldest yalı between Kanlıca and Anadolu hisarı is the red painted Köprülü Amcazade Hüseyin Pasha yalısı (1699). The oldest yalı on the European side is the Şerifler yalısı, built in 1782.

Anyone fortunate enough to live in İstanbul knows that one of its greatest delights is the glorious Bosphorus, the strait that meanders through the city and divides the European side from the Asian one. It goes almost without saying that landing a Bosphorus view NewFocus

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Even today when there are far fewer of the wonderful wooden yalıs (waterside mansions) than there used to be, the Bosphorus is still lined with properties that sell for eye-watering sums of money, right up there in the real estate premier league with the most expensive homes in London and New York. Visitors to the city may only be able to dream of seeing behind their elegant facades, but they can gaze out on them in envy from the decks of the many Bosphorus excursion boats.

Those in a hurry may have to make do with one of the shorter cruises operated out of Eminönü by private companies.

But for a real tour is best to set aside enough time for one of the longer cruises operated daily by the İstanbul ferry company Şehir Hatları. They too leave from Eminönü although you’ll

need to give the pushy private ticket tours the slip if you want to use them.

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There are many wonderful things about a leisurely Bosphorus cruise.

In the first place you get to see the city free of the smog, noise, and traffic jams. Secondly, you get to see it as it was originally viewed by those who built the yalıs and palaces along its shores - since there was no

coast road in the 19th century people had to move between the various Bosphorus villages (as they were then) using a fleet of public and private boats.

Thirdly, you get to observe the wildlife that haunts the water - most obviously the seagulls who dive enthusiastically to snatch the pieces of simits tossed to them, but also the flocks of tiny shearwaters that skim the water, and the cormorants who spread their wings on every available resting post, then dive for any fish foolish enough to swim

by. The luckiest passengers of all even get to glimpse the pods of dolphins that have returned to the Bosphorus since its waters were cleaned up.

Beyond Sarayburnu the ferries swivel left and start their journey north towards the Black Sea. Looking towards the Asian shore you’ll see the pretty little Maiden’s Tower, frequently rebuilt over the centuries and subject to a fairly predictable story involving an imprisoned princess, a basket of fruit, and a lethal hidden snake. For some time to come the waters around it will continue to be littered with the paraphernalia of building work for the delayed Marmaray project which will eventually provide an underwater tunnel to link up Europe and Asia.

Back on the European shore the ferry meanders past Tophane, the site of the old arsenal, and the redundant warehouse that has become home to the Istanbul Modern art gallery. Shortly afterwards you’ll see the elaborate white building that houses the Dolmabahçe Palace to which the sultans

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retreated in the middle of the 19th century as they struggled to modernize/ Westernize their administrations.

Whereas the old Topkapı Palace had been a cluster of anonymously designed chambers and pavilions grouped round

out towards it. Shortly afterwards the Bosphorus Bridge looms up ahead of you. Erected in 1973, it provides a vital lifeline for the city, although convenience for commuters was bought at the price of imposing traffic noise virtually on top of the graceful Ortaköy Mosque on the European shore and the elegant Dolmabahçe Palace-inminiature that is the Beylerbeyi Palace on the Asian shore. Both these buildings were further works of the Balyan family: Nikoğos designed the mosque in 1854-5 while Sarkis designed the palace in 1865.

miss the fairy-tale towers of the Kuleli Military School, one of whose pupils was Irfan Olga who went on to write the wonderful A Portrait of a Turkish Family.

Beyond Arnavutköy the Bosphorus narrows and two castles jut up on the skyline. The older of the two is Anadolu Hisarı on the Asian side which has suffered the indignity of being sliced in two by the modern shore road. Bigger and far more impressive is Rumeli Hisarı, built by Sultan Mehmed II as he planned his assault on Constantinople in 1452 and completely restored in 1952 to commemorate its 500th anniversary.

Right beside it looms the second Bosphorus bridge which went up in 1988 and was named, not altogether surprisingly, the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge.

Beyond the Bosphorus Bridge you start to feel the city falling away from you even though both shores of the strait are still As the ferry continues northwards you’ll completely built-up. spot two of the city’s finest hotels, the On the European shore you will sail past Four Seasons at the Bosphorus and Kuruçeşme, a popular the Çırağan Palace Kempinski, staring a set of courtyards, Dolmabahçe was more solidly palatial, the handiwork of Garabet and Nikoğos Balyan, scions of a family of prolific Turkish-Armenian architects.

nightlife center, and Arnavutköy where a line-up of delightful wooden yalıs hints at what was lost as fire wrote off some old buildings and others were torn down to make way for modern blocks of flats. On the Asian shore meanwhile you won’t be able to

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As the ferry continues its slow journey northwards it bypasses on the European shore two wonderful and undervisited private museums, the Sakıp Sabancı which plays host to many of the city’s blockbuster exhibitions, and the Sadberk Hanım which houses permanent collections of archeology and ethnography. Between the two more magnificent yalıs line the shore at Yeniköy while there are reminders of the days when the foreign embassies

maintained summer residences on the Bosphorus at Tarabya. The ferries come to the end of their run at Rumeli Kavağı, a small settlement with a cluster of fish restaurants, before shimmying across to Anadolu Kavağı on the Asian shore which is little more than fish restaurants. Energetic passengers can disembark here and stride uphill to inspect the remains of Yoros Castle which was built by the Byzantines and then taken over by the Genoese in the 14th century. From here you can gaze north towards the Black Sea, a vista that looks set to be drastically altered now that the goahead has been given for a third Bosphorus bridge between sleepy little Garipçe on the European shore and Poyrazköy, a beach resort named after the chilly wind that whips through it in winter, on the Asian shore.

The Bosphorus cruise boats make only limited stops, at Beşiktaş, Kanlıca (a suburb famous for its yoghurt), Yeniköy, Sarıyer, Rumeli Kavağı and Anadolu Kavaği. Once you’ve got the lie of the land, however, there’s nothing to stop you using the local ferries to explore at your own pace. Many services only operate in the morning and evening to suit the needs of commuters, but there’s also a useful service that links Çengelköy, Arnavutköy, Bebek, Kandilli, Küçüksu, Anadolu Hisarı, Kanlıca, Emirgan and İstinye every couple of hours on weekdays with an abbreviated service at weekends. Individual timetables are posted at the ferry landing stages. Better still, pick up the complete timetable at Eminönü, or go to www.sehirhatlari.com.tr Every July competitors race across the Bosphorus from Kuruçeşme to Kanlıca. In 2000 someone completed the 6.5km swim in 39 minutes, setting a record that is yet to be beaten.

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U-20 World Cup Kicks Off in Style in Istanbul The President of FIFA Joseph Blatter and Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the opening ceremony of the U20 World Cup Games and the opening match of the tournament was played between Cuba and South Korea at the Kadir Has Stadium in Kayseri. Turkey’s Cüneyt Cakir was the referee of game. On the same day in Istanbul which is one of Istanbul’s key proposed venues for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games – the Ali Sami Yen Turk Telecom Arena hosted another opening match. The 52,000 all-seater stadium is one of five proposed football venues in Istanbul 2020’s candidature file and fans present on Friday night saw France beat Ghana 3-1 followed by a 4-1 win for Spain over USA. In the opening night’s other games in Kayseri, Korea Rebublic beat Cuba 2-1 and Portugal beat Nigeria 3-2. These matches were followed by a spectacular 14-minute opening ceremony showcasing Anatolian culture. The selection of Turkey to host the FIFA U-20 World Cup, which features 52 games in total across seven Turkish cities, provides the country’s sport authorities with further experience of holding major, international events. Over the past seven years Turkey has held more than 40 major sporting competitions and, as well as the FIFA U-20 World Cup, the country is currently staging the 2013 Mediterranean Games in Mersin.

“The Under-20 World Cup is the first official FIFA competition Turkey has ever held and Istanbul 2020 also represents a number of historic firsts for the Olympic Movement. It would be the first time Turkey hosts the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the first time a Games takes place across two continents simultaneously and the first time in Games history that anyone will be able to watch an Olympic or Paralympic event in Asia in the morning and another in Europe in the afternoon. To the Olympic Movement Istanbul 2020 really does represent a bridge to a new culture,” said Hasan Arat, Chairman

of the Istanbul 2020 Bid Committee. While both these events will showcase Turkey to the world, football’s mass appeal means a total of five hundred million viewers in more than 190 countries are expected to watch matches during FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013.

Tournament matches will be played in Istanbul, Bursa, Antalya, Trabzon, Rize, Kayseri and Gaziantep. Turkey will compete in Group C with Colombia, El Salvador and Australia. The semifinals will be played on July 10 in Bursa and Trabzon. The match for the third place will be played on July 13 in Istanbul and the final game will be played on the same day at Istanbul’s Ali Sami Yen Turk Telecom Arena.

Jim Boyce, Organising Committee Chairman for FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013, said, “As you know, Turkey are bidding to host the Olympic Games and obviously this tournament, which is going to go out worldwide, is hopefully going to show Turkey in the proper light.

“I know that the football public in Turkey are eagerly looking forward to this event. The FIFA Under-20 World Cup is second only to the FIFA World Cup, so I think this is a very important occasion for Turkish football and a very important occasion for Turkey as a country.”

The 17th Mediterranean Games Opened in Mersin

The 17th Mediterranean Games was launched in spectacular fashion in Mersin as the Opening Ceremony marked the beginning of the largest ever Mediterranean Games, after the Turkish hosts successfully completed all preparations in just 18 months. Twenty-five thousand spectators gathered to watch the Opening Ceremony in the brand new Mersin stadium – one of 38 newly built or renovated venues delivered by TOKI. TOKI, the powerful delivery agency that would be responsible for the construction of all Istanbul 2020’s Games venues, successfully

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compressed a six-year construction programme into just 18 months, after Mersin stepped in to replace the Greek city of Volos less than two years ago. Mersin 2013 is set to be the biggest Mediterranean Games in history, with a record participation of around 6,000 athletes from 24 countries.

President of the Turkish National Olympic Committee, Professor Uğur Erdener, said: “Watching the Opening Ceremony today demonstrated how much this country can achieve when we are united behind a common goal. In just 18 months, TOKI has delivered what would normally take six years to deliver. TOKI has a proven track record, building 60,000 houses a year — the equivalent of an Olympic Village every quarter. With TOKI’s proven expertise and the finance and governance guarantees provided by our Olympic Law, the Olympic family can be assured that if Istanbul is awarded the honour of hosting the 2020 Games, we will deliver technically excellent venues on schedule in an environmentally responsible way.” Professor Erdener added: “Hosting the 17th Mediterranean Games here in Turkey adds to our ever increasing pool of experience and expertise in hosting major sporting events. In the last seven years, Turkey has hosted over 40 major international events, with Istanbul hosting 12 last year alone. The Mediterranean Games provide us with yet another opportunity to refine our offering to the NOCs and their athletes and ensure that Istanbul 2020 honours its commitment to providing the most comprehensive NOC solution and support package.”

New Metro Line for Istanbul 2020 Istanbul 2020 continued to deliver on its promise to significantly boost Istanbul’s transport infrastructure with the opening of a new metro line linking the proposed Olympic Park to the heart of the city.

A 16.5 kilometre-long line was launched which will lower the travelling time between the Olympic Park area and the main bus terminal in Esenler, to just eight minutes. The line can carry 70,000 people per hour and is an important milestone in Istanbul 2020’s promise to keep the average Olympic Villageto-venue time for athletes to just 16 minutes.

Hasan Arat, Chairman of the Istanbul 2020 Bid Committee, said: “The construction of this metro line is an historic undertaking and underlines how serious Istanbul 2020 is about delivering an exceptional Games platform for everyone; athletes, fans and the Olympic family.

“Istanbul is the fifth most visited destination on the planet so we have a robust transport network in place, but a thriving city needs constant improvement and Istanbul 2020 recognises that. Developments such as this will also benefit Istanbul’s population for years to come as it is part of our Integrated Urban Transport Master Plan that will deliver an investment of $9.8 billion in transport infrastructure between 2009 and 2023.”

Istanbul’s ambition to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games started in 1992 with the enactment of Turkey’s Olympic Law and the 21 years since have encompassed five bids. Istanbul’s last bid was in 2005 and the face of the city’s transport infrastructure has improved dramatically in the last eight years.

Istanbul 2020 Pledges “Most Comprehensive NOC Support Package ” govern, will be strengthened. And Istanbul will be an even better host for 2020.” Hasan Arat emphasised the once-in-alifetime opportunity Istanbul 2020 offers the NOCs: “We have aligned the needs of our city with the needs of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our city needs more transportation infrastructure, and we are building it. Our urban population needs more sports facilities, and we are developing them. Our young people need more role models, and the Games offers them. For the first time in history, an Olympic bid city has the legislation, funding and all organisation and delivery structures in place to deliver a successful Games.

“Istanbul has been a meeting point for millennia. Istanbul offers the Olympic Movement a bridge to a New Culture: to a region and a people who have never hosted the Olympic Games before. The Olympic Movement has stepped beyond sport to Istanbul 2020 reaffirmed the bid’s commitment to providing write history in the past, and now there is a chance to write a the most comprehensive NOC support package and new page in its history today.” ensuring that athletes enjoy the best experience possible, Secretary General of the Turkish NOC, Neşe Gündoğan, spoke in a presentation to the delegates at the Association of about Istanbul 2020’s unique offering to the NOCs: “We National Olympic Committees (ANOC) Extraordinary General have a robust plan because we have listened to you. We have Assembly. Speaking at the ANOC General Assembly were addressed concerns you have raised from previous Games and World Archery President and Turkish NOC President, Uğur will deliver the most comprehensive NOC solution and support Erdener; Bid Chairman and Turkish NOC Vice President, Hasan package. We know athletes spend 80% of their time in the Arat; Secretary General of the Turkish NOC, Neşe Gündoğan; Village or at training venues, so we have focused on optimising and Çağla Büyükakçay, Turkey’s number one female tennis that experience with: training within 15 minutes of the Village; player. Also on stage were Ali Kiremitçioğlu, CEO of Istanbul a recovery centre for all NOCs; and one Village for all athletes.

2020, and Tuvana Denizci, a member of the Istanbul 2020 “Our transport planning enables groundbreaking Ceremonies, Youth Commission. Uğur Erdener began the presentation by designed to optimise the athlete experience in front of the emphasising that recent events in Turkey have not affected largest live audience ever – more than half a million people.

Istanbul 2020’s ability to deliver an outstanding experience In our ceremonies, we have guaranteed a seat in the stadium for NOCs and their teams: “In our most recent poll, 94% of for every athlete. There will be no holding area outside, and Turkish people want to host the Olympic Games; we have athletes will be able to enjoy the entire show.” complete support from all levels of government; we have the Turkey’s number one female tennis player, Çağla Büyükakçay, full backing of our corporate sector; and the NOC is a leading added: “Istanbul 2020 presents many firsts. It will move the partner in this bid, assuring delivery for you and your athletes. world forward. 50% of the population of Turkey is just like me “The path of a democratic nation is not always an easy one, – we are the youth, the future, more than 30 million of us. You but it is the right one. We welcome the dialogue that is taking have seen us in the news lately, but don’t be confused – all of place and beginning to wind down the protests. In Istanbul, the us believe in the Games. We want these Games, we believe in voice of progress will be tempered by the voice of tolerance.

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Mersin is “Excellent Template” for Istanbul 2020 Istanbul 2020’s promise to deliver a technically excellent platform for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2020 and to introduce the Olympic Movement’s values to new audiences has been reinforced by Mersin’s successful hosting to date of the 2013 Mediterranean Games.

Istanbul 2020’s construction agency, TOKI, has proved its credentials in delivering Mersin’s Games infrastructure on time and on budget by helping organisers compress the usual six-year preparation time into just 18 months. Games organisers have also had sufficient time to build up regional and continental enthusiasm for the Games as almost 100,000 people have already attended 28 events so far. Professor Ugur Erdener, President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey, said:“The delivery of Mersin 2013’s robust Games platform in such a comparatively short time has rightly drawn much praise from the media and the Olympic Family as well as fans and athletes here in Mersin. “But it is not just in bricks and mortar that the Organising Committee, under the leadership of the Minister of Youth and Sport, Suat Kilic, has excelled.

Naturally they have had much less time to publicise these Games than normal but I have seen stadia at full capacity with

fans turning out to watch Turkish and foreign athletes alike.

The athletes here have access to top-quality facilities to help them reach their personal best and their superb performances are adding to the excitement for all fans.

“The Turkish government provided a significant budget for these Games compared with previous editions and this shows how committed Turkey is to organising first-class events and to hosting the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Mersin will prove to be an excellent template for Istanbul 2020, if our bid is victorious.” Mersin 2013’s Organising Committee lowered ticket prices before the Games to ensure the city’s new facilities and ambitious sport vision are seen by as many people as possible.

The first six days of the Games confirm this aim is being achieved. The Opening Ceremony was attended by 25,000 people and there have been full-capacity crowds at venues such as for basketball and volleyball. Athletics starts today at the 3,000-capacity Athletics Complex and will end on Saturday, the penultimate day of the Games.

Muhammed Adak, Deputy General Coordinator of the Mediterranean Games, said: “The number of spectators is good. As an Organising Committee we are very happy about this.“We lowered the price of tickets because there has been a large investment in facilities and we wanted to make sure people come and see them and to instil a sports mentality amongst the city’s youth. “These Games are about Olympism and sharing a sports vision with the Mediterranean people.

We’ve installed high-quality venues with great technology and this will benefit the city for years – the Athletes’ Village for example will be a university dormitory for 3,500 people after the Games.”

Istanbul 2020 played a prominent role in the celebration of Youth and Sports Day, one of the world’s only national holidays specifically created to help make sport and healthy lifestyles an integral part of young people’s lives.

State ceremonies and sports events were staged nationwide on Sunday 19 May, as people watched and took part in a wide range of Olympic and Paralympic sports. Istanbul 2020 sponsored a fun run from Dolmabahçe Palace to Bebek Park in the Beşiktaş area of Istanbul. Over 2,000 people of all ages ran the six kilometre Istanbul 2020-branded course.

As part of the celebrations, the Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports, Suat Kılıç, put the finishing touches to the world’s largest ground painting – a 12,000m² mural featuring a highjumper leaping over the Bosphorus Bridge and hands joining in friendship from Europe to Asia. More than 250 students participated in creating the painting, and their efforts were rewarded when it was officially confirmed as a world recordbreaker by the Guinness Book of Records.

Chairman of the Istanbul 2020 Bid Committee, Hasan Arat, said: “Atatürk’s wish for 19 May to be commemorated as Youth and Sports Day shows how he viewed sport as a powerful way of promoting the values of Olympism in Turkey. These fundamental principles have been preserved in Turkey and are encapsulated in our Games offering. Istanbul 2020 aims to realise the full potential of Turkey’s 31 million people under 25 through mass sport participation and structured education and entrepreneurial programmes. Istanbul 2020 will be a bridge to a new generation of connected global citizens and young leaders in sport, business, engineering, the media and volunteering.”

Turkey’s Youth and Sports Day has been celebrated every year since 1938 in commemoration of the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who believed that sport and the values of fair play and teamwork should be fundamental

to Turkish society.

Turkey’s Olympic Law incorporates elements of the Olympic Charter and enshrines the right of every Turkish citizen to participate in sport. It was a groundbreaking piece of legislation when it was enacted in 1992, and it forms the basis of Istanbul 2020’s robust guarantees of financing, governance and delivery.

Turkey is investing heavily in sports infrastructure as part of the country’s 2023 Master Plan and will continue to do so regardless of the outcome of the bid campaign. The National Sports Plan provides for a government investment of $500 million annually in sports participation and development. It is supplemented by an additional $2.5 billion government investment that will deliver 693 sports facilities for elite and community sport and 25 new stadia across Turkey by 2014.

President of the National Olympic Committee of Turkey, Uğur Erdener, said: “Youth and Sports Day is one of the most enthusiastically celebrated holidays in Turkey, and having a national youth festival with a specific sports angle is unique to our country. The investment in sports infrastructure will benefit all levels of sport participation in Turkey from grassroots through to elite level. Many of the state-of-the-art facilities that will serve Olympic athletes in 2020 will serve as both elite and recreational sport resources after the Games.”

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World Travel Awards 2013 Middle East Ceremony, held at Le Royal Meridien Resort & Spa Dubai on 5 May 2013.

The industry’s elite, including CEOs and SVPs of leading travel companies, government ministers and tourist board chiefs, attended the glittering gala event hailed as “The Oscars of the Travel Industry”. World Travel Awards celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade, celebrating those brands that are pushing the boundaries of industry excellence in product and service. WTA was launched in 1993

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PATA Travel Mart 2013 September 15 – 17

PATA Travel Mart 2013 will be organized at September 15 – 17 in Century City New International Convention & Exhibition Center (CCNICEC) Chengdu, China. The Mart offers a dynamic programme and remarkable platform to showcase travel products and services from around the Asia Pacific region. PATA Travel Mart brings together hundreds of

international buyers and sellers in one marketplace. Chengdu will be the first city to host PTM in midwest China.

Opportunities & Highlights of PATA Travel Mart.

• Guaranteed scheduled business appointments with quality buyers • Explore business opportunities and network with tourism stakeholders • Make new connections and strengthen partnerships across the Asia Pacific region • Experience a different host destination each year • Get in-depth insights on key destinations • Discover China -- a booming market and destination Build market exposure by hosting networking functions, sponsoring delegate items or being associated with travel intelligence updates. With a variety of innovative brand building options available, we are sure you will find a perfect fit.

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New Exhibitors Launching at ITE HCMC 2013 New exhibitors launching at ITE HCMC 2013 and over 70% of exhibition space wow confirmed.

Pre-show news for ITE HCMC 2013, the International Travel Expo Ho Chi Minh City is growing faster than ever with confirmed new exhibitors from far away destinations and repeat exhibitors re-booking double or triple their original exhibition space sizes at a record high.

More new and repeat exhibiting country and city tourism organizations lead the trend.

And as projected, followed by hotels and resorts, airlines and specialized travel companies.

New growing segments for the show are travel technology and travel services.

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Among the new confirmed exhibitors are Visit Berlin Germany, D’An Nam Resort, Etravel Online - India, Sailing Bay Resort & Spa and more. Repeat exhibitors like the Tourism Authority of Thailand, Best Western International, Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, Asiana Travel Mate, Naga World Ltd, Sabah Tourism – Malaysia, Ben Thanh Tourist, and many others have confirmed re-booking.

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There will be sessions on a wide range of sectors including aviation, hotels, social media and responsible tourism. Last year more than 15,000 delegates attended 127 sessions.

Reed Travel Exhibitions, Director, World Travel Market, Simon Press previews WTM 2013.

Press discusses WTM’s vital role in facilitating travel industry business and new initiatives at this year’s event.

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WTM 2013 will be the biggest and best yet with three new initiatives taking place. Firstly, the Travel Tech Show at WTM is launched as a travel technology focused event alongside WTM; A Taste of ILTM at WTM will increase the amount of luxury business taking place on the show floor; while fellow Reed Travel Exhibition’s event Business Travel Market is co-locating at ExCeL – London on Wednesday 6 and Thursday 7 November.

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World Travel Market, the leading global event for the travel industry, is the event where the industry conducts its business deals. WTM 2012 will generate a massive £1,860m in business deals for all exhibitors,

in contracts signed at the event or generated from WTM 2012 before WTM 2013, with the industry’s senior buyers from WTM Buyers’ Club.

WTM 2013 is poised to facilitate even more business.

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UK & Ireland exhibitors can expect to conduct a great deal of business at WTM 2013. WTM 2011 saw UK & Ireland exhibitors conduct £164m of business deals. Furthermore, WTM 2012 exhibitors in UK & Ireland and Europe will sign a massive £469m in business deals.

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Last year 310 buyers and 867 exhibitors started negotiations at WTM Speed Networking events. On the second and third evenings there are informal networking receptions for buyers and exhibitors to discuss deals.

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“WTM is the event where the travel industry conducts its business deals. WTM 2012’s exhibitors will sign deals with WTM Buyers’ Club (formerly WTM Meridian Club) members worth £1,860m. WTM 2013 is poised to facilitate even more business for the industry.”

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World Travel Awards Sparkles with Winners at Middle East Ceremony

World Travel Awards 2013 Middle East Ceremony, held at Le Royal Meridien Resort & Spa Dubai on 5 May 2013. The industry’s elite, including CEOs and SVPs of leading travel companies, government ministers and tourist board chiefs, attended the glittering gala event hailed as “The Oscars of the Travel Industry”. World Travel Awards celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year and is acknowledged across the globe as the ultimate travel accolade, celebrating those brands that are pushing the boundaries of industry excellence in product and service. Etihad Airways was one of the shining stars on the night, capturing Middle East’s Leading Airline, Middle East’s Leading Airline First Class, and Middle East’s Leading Cabin Crew. Not to be outshone, Emirates took Middle East’s Leading Airline Business Class, Middle East’s Leading Airline Awards Programme and Middle East’s Leading Airline Website. Other Award winners from across the G.C.C., saw the award for Middle East’s Leading Business Travel Destination going to Doha, Qatar. Middle East’s Leading Villa went to Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, Middle East’s Leading Spa: The Talise Ottoman Spa at Jumeirah Zabeel Saray and the award for Middle East’s Leading New Hotel went to JW Marriott Marquis, Dubai.

A bevy of awards were won by Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai for Dubai’s Leading Resort, Dubai’s Leading Hotel Suite and Middle East’s Leading Resort.

Abu Dhabi’s continuing rise to tourism stardom was rewarded too, as it took home a host of top honours, including the award for the Middle East’s Leading Exhibition & Convention Centre: Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre – ADNEC, the award for Middle East’s

Leading Tourist Board: Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority, Middle East’s Leading Beach Destination: Saadiyat beach, Abu Dhabi, and Middle East’s Leading Meetings & Conference Destination. W Hotel & Residences Qatar, La Cigale Qatar, Six Senses Zighy Bay Oman with Al Faisaliah Hotel, A Rosewood Hotel Saudi Arabia and Rosewood Corniche Saudi Arabia ensured the other nations in the region were well represented with awards. The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital was the recipient of Middle East’s Responsible Tourism Award. Graham E Cooke, President and Founder, World Travel Awards said: “The Middle East was the perfect region to mark the start of the World Travel Awards 2013 Grand Tour, setting the highest possible bar for the rest of the world to raise the standards of excellence in travel and tourism.”

Europe Gala Ceremony will be organized at August 31 in Antalya, Cornelia Diamond Golf Resort & Spa.

ABAV – Brazil September 4-6 The 41st ABAV – Tourism Fair of the Americas, will be organized at September 4-6 in São Paulo, Exhibition is sponsored by the Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies (ABAV National), which is commemorating 60 years of service to the sustainable development of this industry.

Promoted by Promo Inteligência Turística, the event enjoys partners such as ABRACORP – Brazilian Association of Corporate Travel Agencies (Corporate Island), BRAZTOA – Brazilian Association of Tourism Operators (40th BCM).

Among government agencies, ABAV 2013 is sponsored by Sebrae and CNC; the Ministry of Tourism, Embratur, SPturis and Anhembi. The event also has new international partners, with ITB Berlin, the world’s largest tourism fair, and BTL 2013 (Portugal), in addition to the support of sister organizations

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Asociación Argentina de Agencias de Viajes y Turismo (AAAVYT), Asociación Boliviana de Agencias de Viajes y Turismo (ABAVYT), Asociación Chilena de Empresas de Turismo (ACHET), Asociación Colombiana de Agencias de Viajes y Turismo (ANATO), Asociación Paraguaya de Agencias de Viajes y Empresas de Turismo (ASATUR), Asociación Peruana de Agencias de Viajes y Turismo (APAVIT), Associação Portuguesa das Agências de Viagens e Turismo (APAVT), Asociación Uruguaya de Agencias de Viajes (AUDAVI) and Asociación Venezolana de Agencias de Viajes y Turismo (AVAVIT).

Venue, dates, and time: Pavilhão Anhembi (São Paulo – Brazil) Industry professionals: September 4, 5 and 6 – 12:00 p.m. to 07:00 p.m.

End consumers: September 7 (Saturday) – 01:00 p.m. to 08:00 p.m. (entrance until 06:30 p.m September 8 (Sunday) – 01:00 p.m. to 08:00 p.m. (entrance until 06:30 p.m.)

Exhibition area Total exhibition area: 58,200 square meters A single pavilion More than 2,700 exhibitors All 26 Brazilian states and the Federal District participating More than 60 countries More than 700 hosted buyers Expected attendance More than 28,000 professionals working in the travel and tourism industry 50,000 end consumers More than 600 communication channels

Destinasyon Malezya

‘’C

Aeromeet 2013 & Visit Malaysia 2014

olours of 1Malaysia 2013, Truly Asia’’ başlığı ile 2013 için başlattıkları reklam ve promosyon çalışmaları ile yetinmeyen Malezya, 19 Ocak 2013’de bizzat Başbakan’ları tarafından imzalanan protokolle ‘’Visit Malaysia 2014’’tanıtım kampanyasına da başladı.

Mayıs başındaki seçimlerden sonra, 16 Mayıs’da Malezya Turizm ve Kültür Bakanlığına getirilen Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri bin Abdul Aziz, önümüzdeki yılın ‘’Visit Malaysia 2014’’ kampanyasını da başlattı. Bu kampanya ile 25 milyon olan turist sayısını 28 milyona yükseltme hedefi koyan Malezya, 2013 için 358 milyon MYR – 118 milyon ABD Doları- tanıtım bütçesi ayırdı. Böylelikle geçen yıl 60 Milyar MYR –yaklaşık 20 Milyar ABD Doları-

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olan turizm gelirini de daha yukarılara taşımak istiyor.

Bu hedef doğrultusunda Malezya Turizm ve Kültür Bakanlığı, ilk olarak iki ayrı grup oluşturarak her yıl Mayıs

ayı sonlarında düzenelenen ‘’Colours of 1Malaysia’’ etkinlikleri için yurtdışından turizmci ve medya mensublarını ülkeye davet etti. 1.grubta 20 ülkeden 120 turizm buyer - alıcı - ve medyası Malezya’ya gelerek 24-31 Mayıs tarihleri arasında gerçekleşen Aeromeet 2013 toplantılarında ağırlandı.

Bu toplantılarda, yabancı buyerlar Malezyalı turizmciler ile B2B toplantılara katılırken uluslararsı medya da çeşitli toplantı ve fam tripler ile Malezyanın çeşitli yöreleri hakkında bilgilendi.

2.grub ise ‘’Mega Fam’’ adı altında 23 farklı ülkeden davet edilen toplam 248 medya mensubu ve özel konuklardan

oluşdu. Türkiye’den de buyer ve turizm medyası hem Aeromeet 2013 ve hem de Mega Fam için Malezya’ya geldi. Ve bu iki grub 25.Mayıs akşamı birlikte ‘’Colours of 1Malaysia’’ açılışını izlediler.

Malezya kralı ve eşinin de baştan sona izlediği etkinlikte, Malezya’nın ana karasından Borneo adasındaki Sarawak ve Sabah bölgelerine kadar

bir şekilde final gösterisi ile izleyicilere sundular.

Gerçekleştirdikleri muhteşem açılıştan sonra buyer ve medya ordusu grublar halinde Malezya’nın değişik bölgelerini ziyaret etmeye başladılar.

Amaç Malezyanın öne çıkmamış potansiyel turizm bölgelerini tüm turistik özellikleri ile tanıtmak ve bu

tüm din ve ırklarından sayıları 10 binleri bulan göstericiler 6 saat süren ışık, müzik, dans gösterileri ile hoşgörüyü ve birlikteliğin en güzel örneklerini 100 bini aşan yerli ve yabancı izleyiciye gösterdiler. Her dinden insanlar, Rio karnavalına özgü cadde üzerinde geçişlerinde, yerel, otantik ve dini kıyafetleri ile birlikte dans etti ve hep birlikte eğlence coşkusunu yaşadı.Ve son olarak Malezya toplumunun her yöresinden toplam 6.700 danscısı yine birlikte şarkı söyleyip, dans ederek Malezyanın çok renkliliğinin sonuçta tek bir Malezya’da bütünleştiğini anlamlı

bölgelere de turist çekmek. Borneo adasındaki Sarawak ve Sabah bölgeleri de dahil olmak üzere Malezya ana karasındaki Kuala Lumpur dışındaki diğer bölgelere de grublar halinde turlar düzenlediler.

Türk acenta ve medyasının da içinde olduğu grubta bulunan

Rus, İrlandalı, Ingiliz, Kanada ve İsveçliler ilk olarak Malezyanın kuzey doğusunda bulunan Terengganu şehrine geldiler.

Beyaz kumlu plajları ve Güney Çin denizinin akvaryum gibi sularında binlerce çeşit balık türünü, değişik mercan çeşitlerini ve deniz bitkilerini barındırması nedeniyle Terengganu, bölgenin en önemli dalış ve ‘’snorkelling turizmi’’ merkezi. Şehir merkezine çok yakın, heryerden kolayca ulaşılabilen 400 kadar yemyeşil bitki örtüsü ile kaplı adalarda bulunan koylar, bu turizm çeşidinde Güney Asya’da Malezya için büyük avantaj getirecektir. Plajlara hakim olarak inşa edilmiş yeni tesisler dikkat çekici. Malezya’nın müslüman nüfusunun en yoğun olduğu bölge olması nedeniyle Terengganu’da sokakta ve marketlerde alkollü içki satılmıyor.

Ancak tüm turistik tesislerde her çeşit alkollü içki var ve halk geniş hoşgörüsü ile içenleri hiç yadırgamıyor. Özellikle grubumuzun çoğunluğunu oluşturan Rus medya ve buyerları Terengganu’yu ve ziyaret ettğimiz Tenggol adasını çok beğendiler. Yemekleri ve kültürleri ile ilgi çekmesi nedeniyle Rusların gelecekte yeni destinasyonu Terengganu olursa kimse şaşırmasın !

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Malezya’nın en bilinen turizm merkezi Langkawi adasına gitti.

Kuala Lumpur’un ardından b2b görüşme ve seminerlerin yapılacağı Aeromeet 2013’ün Langkawi ayağı gerçekleşen açılış seramonisi ile başladı. 20 ülkeden 120 turizm agentası -buyer- ve Malezyalı agenta ve otelciler ile karşılıklı teke tek görüştüler.

Tüm turizmci ve medyanın katılımı ile gerçekleşen açılışı Langkawi Bölgesi Gelişme bölümü CEO’su Khalid Bin Ramlı’nın yaptı. Bir doğa cenneti olan Langkawi adasının sahip olduğu bitki örtüsü ve hayvan çeşitleri ile ilgili bilgileri sunan naturalist ve doğa turizmi uzmanı İrshad Mobarak ilginç Eko turizm sunumunun ardından katılımcı

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turizmciler akşam saatlerine kadar görüşmelerini sürdürdüler.

Davetli acentacılar B2B görüşmelerini yaparken medya mensubları programlanan tekneler ile Langkawi adasını çevreleyen diğer küçük adalara giderek bölgenin turizm olanaklarını yerinde görüp bilgi aldılar. Pulau Dayang Bunting de bulunan tatlı su gölü ve Palau Beras Basah’ın beyaz kumlu denizinden yararlanıp, yerel restoranın piknik şeklinde sunulan öğle yemeğinde Malezya mutfağının örneklerini tattılar.

Tüm konukalar akşam da Westin Langkawi Beach & Spa Resort’daki plaj partisi ile akşam yemeği ve düzenlenen eğlencelere katılarak, Langkawi de dolu bir gün geçirdiler.

Geçen yıl düzenledikleri başarılı Euromeet 2012’den sonra bu yıl 24 Mayıs’da Kuala Lumpur’da başlayan Aeromeet 2013 ile Amerikalı, Avrupalı ve Okyanusyalıları buluşturan Malezyalılar, buyer ve medyaya Langkawi adasını tanıtma günü organize ettiler. Belki ismine de daha uygun düşen bir şekilde son buluşma, denizden 700m yükseklikteki Mat Chinchang dağının tepesinde, gerçekleşti.

42 derecelik eğimle dünyanın en dik teleferiği ile çıkılan Mat Chinchang dağının zirvesinde buluşan turizmciler, Andaman denizine serpilmiş yemyeşil adaların, biraz bulutlu bir hava da olsa enfes manzarasını seyir ederek yorgunluk attılar. Langkawi

destinasyonunu tanıma turuna çıkan yabancı turizmci ve medya grubu, 7 yıl önce aynı turu yaptığımız için gitmediğimiz Langkawi klasik turu olan Kartal seyri ve fotograf çekimi, Bat Cave ve başta mangrove ağaçları olmak üzere bir bitki cenneti olan Kilim Geopark gezisine katıldılar.

Batik işleme merkezi ve ardından Skycab adını verdikleri teleferik ile Mat Chinchang dağından 360c ile manzarayı seyredip, 125m uzunluğundaki Skybridge’de yürüdüler.

50 kadar hediyelik eşya mağazasının bulunduğu Oriental Village de gelenksel showları ile verilen akşam yemeği ile Malezya Turizm ve Kültür Bakanlığının eksiksiz organizasyonu, tüm katılımcılara dağıtılan teşekkür sertifikaları ile son buldu.

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Destinasyon Xiamen

Bir Çin Adası, Xiamen N

isan ayı sonlarında ITCM China fuarını bitirdikten sonra, adet olan, yöre tanıma turlarından bu yıl Şanghay’ a uçakla 2 saat uzaklıktaki Xiamen adasını seçtik. Xiamen Çin’in güneyindeki Fujian eyaletinin en büyük şehri, eyaletin başşehri konumunda ve Çin’in en büyük liman şehirlerinden biri.

Her gün çok sayıdaki tekne seferleri ve 1 saatten kısa süren deniz yolculuğu ile sadece Xiamen vatandaşlarının vizesiz girebildikleri Tayvan’ın tam karşısında yer alan Xiamen de artık diğer modern Çin şehirleri gibi yüksek binaları ama düzenli, temiz ve bol yeşil alanı olan bir ada şehir.

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1573km2 lik adada 3.5 milyon Xiamen’li yaşıyor. Ticaret ve turizm en önemli gelir kaynakları. Xiamen Gaoqi Uluslararası havaalanı tüm Asya ülkelerinin havayollarının seferleri olan modern bir havaalanı. Avrupa’dan da sadece KLM’in Amsterdam seferleri var. Çin’in 6.büyük havayolu kuruluşu olan Xiamen Havayolları da Çin’in birçok şehrine ve yakın dış ülkelere seferler düzenliyor. Deniz yolunun dışında kıta karaya bağlantısı modern köprüler ile sağlanıyor.

Kongre ve fuarcılık’da önemli bir şehir olan Xiamen, çok modern ve işlevsel inşa edimiş Uluslararası Fuar ve

Kongre Merkezi ile çok çeşitli ödüller kazanmış ve çok büyük kongre ve fuarlara ev sahipliği yapmış.Çin’in ‘’İlk 10 Konferans ve Fuar Merkezi’’ ödülü, ‘’En Beğenilen Konferans Destinasyonu’’, ‘’En Büyük Toplantı Şehri Ödülü’’ ve ‘’Çin’in En Yeşil Konferans Şehri ödül’’ leri bunlardan bir kaçı. 1 milyon m2lik sergileme olnağı, her yıl 150 yi aşan toplantı sayısı her yıl artarak sürüyor.

Xiamen kültürel ve sportif faaliyetler ile de Çin’in önemli bir şehri. Her yıl Ocak ayı başında gerçekleşen Uluslararası Xiamen Maratonuna bu yıl 42 ülkeden 64.000 kişi katılmış. Ekim sonu Kasım başı organize edilen Çin Uluslararası

Piyano Yarışması, 17-19 Nisan’daki İmparator Bao Sheng Kültür Festivali, 19-21 Haziran’daki Zheng Chenggong Kültür Festivali, 1 - 6 Ekim’deki Tekne Geçit töreni en önemli ve yerli, yabancı milyonların ilgisini çeken etkinlikler.

Xiamen konaklama konusunda da çok zengin bir şehir. Uluslararası zincirlerden Sheraton, Wyndham, Pan Pacific, Crowne Plaza, Millennium, Le Meridien gibi markaların dışında Çin zincir otellerinden 5, 4 ve 3 yıldızlı yüzlerce yeni yapılmış modern tesisler ile konaklama sıkıntısı çekilmeyen ve her bütçeye uygun otellerin bulunduğu bir şehir.

Turumuz Şanghay’dan sabah erken kalkan uçağımızın Xiamen Gaoqi

Uluslararası havaalanına varışı ile başladı. Karşılama töreninin ardından kısa bir yolculukla otelimiz Xiamen Fliport Software Park’ a vardık. Bir kongre oteli olan 356 odalı bu lüx oteli tanıma gezisinden sonra tüm Dünya mutfaklarından lezzetler sunan The Bestyard Western restoranında yemeğimizi yedik ve otobüsümüzle sahil plajlarını görerek şehri tanıma turumuza başladık. Huli Cannon ormanlarını geçerek Alman Krupp tarafından yapılmış Dünyanın en büyük top’unun bulunduğu askeri kampı ve Qing Hanedanının mumya müzesini gezdik. Ardından Güney Putuo Tapınağı ile Güney Fujian Budizm kültürü bilgilerini aldık. Ilk günün ağırlıklı bölümü otel tanımaya ayrılmıştı ve bu

bölümde arka arkaya, Xiamen Seaview Resort, Xiamen Poeny International Hotel ve Mudan International Hotel gezdiğimiz tesisler oldu. Xiamen Poeny International otelde Xiamen turizm yetkilileri yediğimiz akşam yemeğinin ardından bir Çin geleneği olan Çin Çay Kültürü seromonisine katılıp değişik çayları tattık ve beğendiğimiz tatlardan satın aldık. İkinci gün kahvaltımızın ardından Xiamen Uluslararası Kongre Merkezi oteline gidildi. Burası bir komplex.

Muazzam bir otel olan Uluslararası Kongre Merkezi otelinde 520 oda, 8m tavan yüksekliği olan 2500m2 ve 2.300m2 lik çok amaçlı iki ayrı salon, 10 çeşitli büyüklüklerde konferens salonları , onlarca toplantı salonu, 10 NewFocus

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Destinasyon Xiamen restoran, hemen karşıda sadece fuarlara hizmet veren bir fuar alanı ve ayrı otel komplexi, yat limanı, spor merkezi, alışveriş merkezleri ve konser salonu ile kendi içinde ayrı bir şehir. Bu büyük otelin uzun turundan sonra yine otel tanıma turlarımıza devam ettik. Swiss International Hotel Xiamen, Yeohva Grand Hotel, ve sadece Çin’in değil Asyanın en büyük binasına sahip olan Xianglu Grand Hotel’i gezdik. 5.2 hectarlık araziye yayılmış oteli doğal olarak içerdeki golf arabaları ile gezebildik.1.525 odası ve 26 çok amaçlı salonu ile çok popüler bu otelden sonra tekne ile Xiamen adasının yavru adası Gulang Adasına geçtik. Bu romantik

turumuzda İngiliz ve Japon mimarisinin örnek evleri, Katedral ve kiliselerden sonra Shuzhuang Bahçesi ve ünlü Piyano müzesini gezdik. Son akşam yemeğimizi elbette deniz mahsülleri restoranında yedik. Tiantian Yugang Deniz ürünleri restoranında servis edilen Çin denizindeki tüm ürünleri tadamadıysak, patlayacak kadar doymuş olmamızdandır. Son olarak da gece Yuandang gölünde lüx tekne ile dijestiflerimizi alarak, Xiamen’in değişik renklerden oluşan ışıltılı gece görüntüleri ile ayrı bir romantizm yaşadık ve otelimize dönerek ertesi sabah erken uçağımız için bavulumuzu hazırladık. Çin bizi büyülemeye devam ediyor. Sadece Pekin ve Şanghay değil bugüne kadar adını bile duymadığımız küçük şehirlere yaptığımız gezilerde düzen, şehircilik, temizlik, trafik, modern yapılaşma, değişik mimari yapılar ve birbirinden ilginç gökdelenler ile şaşkınlık yaşamaya devam ediyoruz.

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Artış Sürüyor, Rekorlar Kırılıyor

MİLLİYETLERİNE GÖRE İSTANBUL’A GELEN YABANCILAR

Mayıs ayı rakamları duyuruluyor. Herşey çok iyi gidiyordu.2013 çok parlak bir yıl olacaktı! Ama bir olay, herşeyi değiştirecek. Turizm böyle bir hassas sektör. Ülkenin en önemli gelir kaynağını, ülke ekonomisini, en önemli sektörünü bir olay, yerle bir edebiliyor. Şu anda İstanbul otellerinde iptallerin %35’i bulduğu söyleniyor. Ülkemiz için seyahat uyarısı veren ülkelerin sayısı artıyor.Umarız diğer ayları ve ülke genelini etkilemez.

Mayıs ayı sonuçları şöyle; İstanbul’a gelen yabancı ziyaretçi sayısı, 2013 ün ilk beş ayında geçen yılın aynı dönemine göre % 21 artış gösterdi. Önceki yıl ocak-mayıs aylarında 3.291.911 olan değer bu yıl 3.983.674 olarak gerçekleşti.2013 Mayıs ayı gelen yabancı sayısı 1.058.771 ile geçen yıla (867.511) göre %22 arttı. Ve bir ayda gelen yabancı sayısı ilk defa 1 milyonu aşarak rekor kırdı.

ARAP ÜLKELERİ SON ÜÇ YIL GELEN Sadece Mayıs ayında gelen yabancı MİLLİYETLERİNE GÖRE İSTANBUL’A GELEN DİĞER ÜLKELER ZİYARETÇİ (OCAK-MAYIS) ziyaretçiler milliyetlerine göre ilk on şu şekilde: 2012-2013 Ocak-Nisan 2011 2012 2013 değişim % Almanya (452.088), Rusya (252.376), IRAK 37.839 61.454 75.357 22,6 Fransa (185.693), ABD (175.315), CEZAYİR 25.231 34.212 40.036 17,0 İtalya (173.528), İngiltere (170.181), İran (123.827), Hollanda (110.160), MISIR 20.336 34.536 47.174 36,6 Ukrayna (103.619), Libya (92.515) FAS 23.826 26.806 31.326 16,9 Dünyanın birçok yerinden şehrimize LİBYA 10.489 77.193 92.515 19,8 yabancı misafirler gelmiş olup, TUNUS 18.243 30.479 35.054 15,0 yılın ilk beş ay toplamında bu ÜRDÜN 16.654 21.158 25.333 19,7 gelişlere; Papua Yeni Gine’den SURİYE 15.490 17.597 51.021 189,9 20 kişi, Seychelles’den 41 kişi, LÜBNAN 31.373 36.093 44.270 22,7 Madagaskar’dan 5 kişi, PortoRico’dan SUUDİ ARABİSTAN 22.605 38.411 69.275 80,4 1 kişi örnek verilebilir.

KUVEYT 9.733 16.752 30.784 83,8 Yandaki tabloda son üç yıl B.A.E 7.353 13.348 20.627 54,5 ocak-mayıs aylarında Arap Ülkelerinden gelen ziyaretçi SUDAN 2.426 2.786 3.182 14,2 sayıları görülmektedir. Toplamda YEMEN 2.561 3.645 5.738 57,4 geçen yılına oranla %39 artış UMMAN 1.334 2.036 3.187 56,5 görülmektedir. (%190 artışlı Suriye BAHREYN 1.605 3.414 6.337 85,6 hariç tutulduğunda bu değer %27 KATAR 1.604 3.533 6.282 77,8 olmaktadır.)

FİLİSTİN

1.135

1.763

1.976

12,1

TOPLAM

249.837

425.216

589.474

38,6

2009 YILI

2010 YILI

2011 YILI

2012 YILI

2013 Ock-Mys

İstanbul

7.509.741

6.960.980

8.057.879

9.381.670

3.983.674

Arap Ülkeleri

698.414

696.679

910.360

1.371.092

589.474

9,3

10,0

11,3

14,6

14,8

ORAN:

Antalya’ya gelen yabancı ziyaretçiler (Ocak-Mayıs) 2011

2012

2013

Değişim (2012/2013)

Değişim (2011/2012)

811.074

798.669

825.995

3,4

-1,5

RUSYA

632.329

549.092

688.007

25,3

-13,2

HOLLANDA

176.930

156.522

180.104

15,1

-11,5

İNGİLTERE

130.589

106.951

121.524

13,6

-18,1

UKRAYNA

93.970

77.358

88.585

14,5

-17,7

İSVEÇ

82.573

81.976

87.312

6,5

-0,7

NORVEÇ

62.035

66.543

77.442

16,4

7,3

BELÇİKA

67.466

56.586

74.673

32,0

-16,1 -37,9

ALMANYA

FRANSA

143.198

88.921

68.843

-22,6

DANİMARKA

49.285

47.992

52.911

10,2

-2,6

AVUSTURYA

77.288

47.425

45.498

-4,1

-38,6

FİNLANDİYA

36.748

36.521

44.142

20,9

-0,6

POLONYA

47.270

40.628

35.781

-11,9

-14,1

İSVİÇRE

37.025

35.124

35.168

0,1

-5,1

KAZAKİSTAN

20.803

25.882

34.926

34,9

24,4

BELARUS

22.977

17.858

24.961

39,8

-22,3

İSRAİL

11.875

7.461

17.403

133,3

-37,2

LİTVANYA

15.671

13.302

16.397

23,3

-15,1

ÇEK C.

18.760

13.680

12.732

-6,9

-27,1

İRAN

48.568

27.685

10.251

-63,0

-43,0

8.682

6.622

9.289

40,3

-23,7

İTALYA

9.505

7.099

9.231

30,0

-25,3

MOLDOVA

ESTONYA

8.364

8.776

9.142

4,2

4,9

LETONYA

7.291

6.408

8.257

28,9

-12,1

ROMANYA

7.953

6.815

7.729

13,4

-14,3

ABD

3.410

2.660

5.828

119,1

-22,0

DİĞER TOPLAM

46

70.945

64.546

75.821

17,5

-9,0

2.702.584

2.399.102

2.667.952

11,2

-11,2

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Antalyada da Artış Sürüyor Diğer lokomotif turizm ilimiz Antalya verilerini AKTOB Araştırma Birimi (Ar-Ge) derlemiş ve bu verilere göre, 2012 yılının açıklarını tamamen kapatan Antalya; Fransa, Polonya, Avusturya ve İran gibi özel koşullardan dolayı gerileyen pazarların dışında, tüm ülkelerde gelişme gösterdi. 5 aylık dönemde; Alman pazarı yüzde 3,4 yükselişle 825 bin kişiye ulaşırken, % 25 büyüyen Rusya’dan 688 bin kişi giriş yaptı. Hollanda ve İngiltere pazarlarında da büyüme eğilimi yükselerek devam etti. 2011 yılında 1 milyon 296 bine çıkan sayı, 2012’de 1 milyon 219 bine düşmüştü. Bu yıl ise 1 milyon 414 bine ulaşıldı Bir diğer turizm kentimiz, İzmir’de yılın ilk beş aylık döneminde, Ocak-Mayıs döneminde geçen yılın aynı dönemine göre % 6,94 oranında artışı sağlayarak 339 bin 566 turist ağırladı. İzmir’in turizmdeki ilk 4 büyük pazarı Almanya’dan gelişlerde bu dönemde %16, Fransa’dan gelişlerde ise % 14 düşüş yaşanırken, İtalya’da % 3,78’lik, İngiltere’de ise % 14’lük artış kaydedildi.

“Turizmde Çeşitlilik” Toplantısı Amerika’da İlgi Gördü ATC Başkanı James Holmes ve TAİK Başkanı Haluk Dinçer’in ortak girişimi ile 2-5 Haziran ‘da Washington’da düzenlenen 32. DEİK/TürkAmerikan İş Konseyi –TAİKve American Turkish Council –ATCOrtak Yıllık Konferansı kapsamında düzenlenen Turizm ve Kültür Yuvarlak Masa Toplantısı, VIP Turizm CEO’su ve TABA -Türk Amerikan İşadamları Derneği Başkan Yardımcısı Ceylan Pirinçcioğlu’nun moderatörlüğünde “Turizmde Çeşitlik / Diversity in Tourism” teması ile toplandı.

Konseyde 19 yıl aradan sonra yeniden turizm, kültür ve Türkiye tanıtımı gündeme geldi. Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Devlet Başkanı Yardımcısı Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. ve Başbakan Yardımcısı Ali Babacan’ın ana konuşmacılar olarak katıldığı DEİK/Türk-Amerikan İş Konseyi toplantılar serisinde en renkli alanlardan birisi bu yıl turizmde çeşitlilik konusu oldu.

Türk Hava Yolları’nın sponsorluğunda düzenlenen ve kültürel çeşitlilik konusunun işlendiği toplantı büyük ilgi gördü. TABA Başkan Yardımcısı ve VIP Turizm CEO’su Ceylan Pirinçcioğlu’nun moderatörlüğünde düzenlenen toplantı ünlü gezi kitaplarından birisi olan “Ölmeden Önce Görülecek 1000 Yer” kitabının yazarı Patricia Schultz son seyahat trendlerinden ve Türkiye’nin ne

kadar beğenildiğinden bahis ederek başladı. Türkiye’nin ABD özelindeki ve ayni zamanda dünya genelindeki “ülke imajı” ve güçlenmekte olan “Türkiye Markası”nın görüşüldüğü toplantıda, Türkiye ile Amerika Birleşik Devletleri arasindaki kültür ve turizm etkinliklerinin, kurulan ortaklıkları ve girişimlerin iyileştirme, turizmde çeşitliliği arttırma, turizmi 12 aya yayma, Amerikalı turistlerin yaratılacak çeşitlilik ile daha fazla kalmalarını özendirecek tanıtım çalışmaları ve gelen sayıyı arttırmak için özel çalışmaların çoğaltılması gibi konularda görüşmeler yapıldı. Milas Kaymakamı Mehmet Bahattin Atçı Dünyadaki cennet olarak tanıttığı Muğla sunumunda Bodrum, Marmaris, Milas, Fethiye, Datça, Hisarönü doğa, kültür aktivitelerinden detaylı şekilde bahsederek ve buradaki turizm potansiyeli değerlendirildi. Amerika’da özel olarak yapılacak tanıtım çalışmalarını da başlattı. VIP Turizm CEO’su Pirinçcioğlu ve Milas Kaymakamı Atçı, yıllık 20 bin olan Amerikalı ziyaretçi sayısını 3 yıl içinde 120 bine çıkarmak üzere, çalışmalarına bu yaz başlayacaklarını belirtti. Her biri turizm adına stratejik önem taşıyan ve farklı alanlarda uzmanlaşmış panelistlerin değerli katılımlarıyla ve Türk Hava Yollarının katkılarıyal gerçekleştirilen Amerikan-Türk Konseyi Kültür ve Turizm Toplantısında toplantısına katılan isimler arasında Türkiye de birçok kazıda bizzat bulunarak direktörlük yapmış New York Metropolitan Müzesi Yunan-Roma Bölümü’nün küratörü Christopher Lightfoot, Dünyada ve Türkiye’de 5000 kişi üzerinde katılımlı toplantılar düzenleyen International and American Association for Dental Research Derneği’nin Toplantı ve Kongreler Direktörü Leslie Zack ve “Destination America” programı ile Amerika’yı bir destinasyon olarak dünyada tanıtım çalışmalarını yürüten Civitas Advisors şirketi İş Geliştirme Direktörü Bryan L. G. Lewis da konuşmacı olarak yer aldılar. İster arkeolojik bir kazı için Anadolu’da seyahat etmiş, ister profesyonel kongre düzenlemek için ülkemize gelmiş veya sadece gezgin bir yazar olduğu için yolu Türkiye’ye düşmüş olsun, toplantıda ülkemize dair izlenimlerini paylaşan tüm yabancı konuşmacıların buluştuğu bir ortak nokta vardı: “Türkiye muhteşem bir ülke. Mutlaka görülmesi ve tekrar tekrar gidilmesi gereken bir yer” ancak daha iyi tanıtılması gerekiyor. Türkiye’de oluşan protesto olayların kendilerini endişelendirdiğini ancak kısa sürede diyalog içinde bu konunun da çözüleceğine inadıklarını belirten konuşmacılar Turizm in huzur ve barış ortamında yeşereceğini de vurguladılar.

Tugev Eskişehir’de Turizm Kitaplığı Açtı Anadolu Üniversitesi Turizm Araştırma ve Uygulama Birimi bünyesinde, Turizm Geliştirme ve Eğitim Vakfı –TUGEVKütüphanesindeki kitapların bağışlanmasıyla oluşturulan Turizm Kitaplığı düzenlenen bir törenle açıldı.

Eskişehir’in Tarihi Odunpazarı semtinde faaliyet gösterecek Turizm Kitaplığı’nda Türkçe’nin yanı sıra İngilizce, Almanca ve Fransızca dillerinde yayımlanmış çok sayıda akademik turizm kitabı ve süreli yayınlar yer alıyor. Turizm Kitaplığı’nın turizm alanında yüksek lisans ve doktora çalışmaları yapan öğrenciler ile turizm alanındaki araştırmacılara hizmet vereceği açıklandı.

Turizm Kitaplığı’nın açılış törenine katılan ve bir konuşma yapan Turizm Geliştirme ve Eğitim Vakfı (TUGEV) Genel Sekreteri Dr. Özen Dallı, TUGEV’in faaliyetlerine başladığı 1984 yılından bu yana başta turizm eğitimi olmak üzere, araştırma ve yayın faaliyetlerine devam ettiğini, turizmle ilgili yayınların yer aldığı kütüphanenin ise 2004 yılına kadar hizmet sunduğunu söyledi. Bir süredir atıl durumda olan kütüphanedeki kitapların Anadolu Üniversitesi Turizm Araştırma ve Uygulama Birimi’ne bağışlanarak değerlendirilmesinden büyük memnuniyet duyduğunu açıklayan Dr. Dallı, Turizm Kitaplığı’na katkılarının bundan sonra da devam edeceğini söyledi.

Açılış törenine katılan Anadolu Üniversitesi Rektör Yardımcısı Prof. Dr. Meryem Akdoğan Kozak da yaptığı konuşmada, TUGEV’in uzun yıllar turizm eğitimi ve araştırmalarına önemli katkılar yaptığını, pek çok akademisyen gibi kendisinin de 1990’lı yıllarda TUGEV Kütüphanesi’nden yararlandığını açıkladı. Kozak, böylesine önemli bir bilgi kaynağının Anadolu Üniversitesi bünyesine alınmasından mutlu olduğunu vurguladı.

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“Alternatif Tur Rotaları” Projesi

İstanbul Rehberler Odası’nın, İstanbul Kalkınma Ajansı ve İstanbul Kültür ve Turizm İl Müdürlüğü desteğiyle gerçekleştirmekte olduğu “Sürdürülebilir Turizm için Alternatif Tur Rotaları” Projesi kapsamındaki eğitim programları sona erdi. İstanbul Rehberler Odası üyelerine yönelik bu uzmanlaşma eğitimleri büyük ilgi gördü. İstanbul’da 10 ayrı rotayı içeren eğitim programlarına toplam 510 turist rehberi katıldı.

Bizans İstanbulu, Osmanlı İstanbulu, İstanbul’da Mimari, İstanbul’da Ticari Yapılar, İstanbul’da Su Yapıları, İstanbul’da Musevi Mirası, İstanbul’da İslam, İstanbul’da Hıristiyanlık, İstanbul’da Yalılar ve İstanbul’da Kuş Gözlemciliği temalı programlarda rehberler her bir rota için 30 saatlik eğitim aldılar. 2 Ocak-5 Nisan 2013 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilen eğitimlerde konusunda uzman 18 eğitmen görev aldı. Ayrıca, 7 uzman konuk konuşmacı eğitimlere katkıda bulundu. Teorik dersler ve uygulama gezisinden oluşan eğitim programlarını tamamlayan rehberlere uzmanlaştığı konular ile ilgili sertifika verildi.

Kasım 2012’de başlayan proje çalışmaları 31 Ekim 2013 tarihinde sona erecek. Uzmanlık eğitimi verilen rotalarla ilgili bilgi, harita ve fotoğraflar içeren tanıtım kiti hazırlanarak turizm kurum ve kuruluşları, seyahat acenteleri, oteller, restoranlar ve rehberlere dağıtılacak. Ayrıca, kültür turu düzenleyen acente yetkililerini bilgilendirmek amacıyla bir toplantı düzenlenecek. İstanbul, turizm alanında gelişmiş pek çok kentten daha çok tarihi ve kültürel değere sahip olmasına karşın mevcut klasik turlarla gelen ziyaretçiler çok kısıtlı sürede belirli müze ve ören yerleri, alışveriş merkezleri dışında farklı tarihi ve kültürel değerleri tanımaya, yerel halkla etkileşime girmeye fırsat bulamıyor. Proje kapsamında, turistlerin ilgi ve gereksinimleri doğrultusunda hazırlanan alternatif tur rotalarıyla ziyaretçilere İstanbul’da

daha uzun süre kalmaları, tekrar gelmeleri, İstanbul’u bilinmeyen yönleri ile tanımaları ve yerel halkla iletişim kurmaları için fırsat yaratılarak farklı kültürler arasında etkileşim sağlanacak. İstanbul’un turizm alanında rekabet edebilirliğinin arttırılmasına katkıda bulunulacak.

Turizmde sürdürülebilirlik ve kültür turizminin geliştirilmesinde turist rehberlerinin rolü çok önemli. Konularında uzmanlaşmış rehberlerle İstanbul’u gezen ziyaretçiler bu deneyimlerinden duydukları memnuniyetle kente tekrar gelmeyi planlıyorlar. Yakın çevrelerine ve sosyal medya yoluyla daha geniş bir çevreye bu deneyimlerini aktararak İstanbul’a yeni ziyaretçiler gelmesinde gönüllü olarak görev alıyor, ülkemizin tanıtımına olumlu katkıda bulunuyorlar.

Antalya EXPO 2016 Paris’te Tanıtıldı Fransa’nın Başkenti Paris’te düzenlenen Uluslararası Sergiler Bürosu (BIE) 153’üncü Genel Kurulu’na, EXPO 2016 Antalya Ajansı, Antalya Valisi Sebahattin Öztürk başkanlığında bir heyetle katıldı. İki gün süren genel kurulda, teması Çiçek ve Çocuk, sloganı ise Gelecek Nesiller İçin Yeşil Bir Dünya olan EXPO 2016 Antalya kapsamında yapılan çalışmalar BIE yöneticilerine aktarıldı.

Yapılan çalışmalar hakkında bir sunum yapan EXPO 2016 Antalya heyeti, BIE yöneticilerinden olumlu tepkiler aldı.

BEI yetkilileri Türkiye’nin ilk kez düzenleyeceği EXPO organizasyonunu, en iyi şekilde gerçekleştireceğine

inandıklarını belirtti. Antalya Valisi Sebahattin Öztürk ve EXPO 2016 Antalya Ajansı Genel Sekreteri Selami Gülay, genel kurulda BIE Genel Sekreteri Vicente Gonzalez Loscertales ve BIE Delegesi Murat Ersavcı ile temasta bulundu. BIE Genel Kurulu’na Egemen Bağış başkanlığında katılan İzmir heyeti, EXPO 2020 adaylığında yapılan çalışmalar hakkında genel kurul üyelerine bilgi verdi. BIE Genel Kurulu’ndaki yapılan sunumla ilgili değerlendirmede bulunan EXPO 2016 Antalya Ajansı Genel Sekreteri Selami Gülay, EXPO 2016 Antalya kapsamında yapılan çalışmaların BIE yöneticileri tarafından olumlu karşılandığını belirtti. Gülay, BIE yöneticilerinin kendilerine gösterdiği sıcak ilgiye teşekkür etti.

THY NürnbergMesse Anlaşması 40 Yıldır Nürnberg’e düzenli olarak uçan THY, Ocak ayında imzalanan anlaşma ile NürnbergMesse fuarcılık şirketi için “tercihli havayolu” oldu.

Fuar ve kongreler ile turizmde büyümeyi hedefleyen Antalya’nın kardeş şehri Nürnberg, THY’ın 233 destinasyonu ile bir yandan tüm Dünya’dan işadamı ve tatilseveri ağırlama olanağına kavuşurken, öte yandan THY’nin yaz aylarında haftada 18’e yükselecek uçuşları ile Türk işadamı ve tatilseverleri de tarihi öneme sahip şehirlerine bekliyor.

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THY’nin Nürnberg müdürü Osman Nuri Hasırcı, ‘’Nürnberg, THY’nin 233 destinasyonundan biridir. 1973 yılından beri uçulmaktadır. Haftada birkaç uçakla başlanmıştır. Daha sonra beşe, sonra da yediye çıkmıştır. Şimdi haftalık uçuşumuz 14, yazın da 18’e çıkacakdır. Uçuşumuzun 40. yılı kutlaması 05 Temmuz 2013 tarihinde Nürnberg Havalimanında yapılacaktır.

NUE Havalimanı 40 yıldır partnerimizdir. Kendileriyle çok iyi çalışmaktayız. Kazan kazan – Win Win- formülünü her iki tarafta tercih ederek beş yıllık bir anlaşma imzalamıştır.Kuzey Bavarya bölgesinde saygın kurumlarla ve firmalarla anlaşmalar imzalanmıştır. Kazan kazan stratejisi partnerlerimizle birlikte sürdürülmektedir. Bu partnerlerimiz 1. Nürnberg Hava Limanı 2. Nürnberg Fuarı 3. 1.FCN -Birinci ligte oynayan Nürnberg Futbol Takımı4. Brose Basket Bamberg 5. Diğerleri -Üniversiteler, firmalar, belediyeler ve okullar-‘dır ‘’ dedi.

Perge’de Yeni Antik Eserler Bulundu Antalya İli, Aksu İlçesi sınırları içerisinde bulunan Perge Antik Kenti’nde 2012 yılına kadar İstanbul Üniversitesi Arkeoloji Bölümü tarafından yürütülen kazı çalışmalarına 2012 yılından bu yana Antalya Müzesi Müdürlüğü başkanlığında devam ediliyor.

Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığından edinilen bilgilere göre; 2013 yılında antik kentte Sütunlu Ana Cadde, Güney Portiko ve Sütunlu Batı Cadde alanlarında kazı çalışmalarına devam ediliyor. Yapılan çalışmalar sonucunda, Sütunlu Ana Cadde üzerindeki yapılarda zemin seviyesinin mozaikli döşeme ile süslenmiş olduğu anlaşılmış, doğal ve beşeri faktörlerden olumsuz yönde etkilenmemesi amacıyla, bu döşemelerin üzeri kazılmaksızın kumla kapatıldı. Ayrıca Perge’ye özgü nitelikteki ve görsel açıdan kente estetik bir duruş kazandıran su kanalı kazıları tamamlandı.

Perge Antik Kenti’nin daha önce herhangi bir kazı faaliyeti gerçekleştirilmemiş Sütunlu Batı Cadde ve Palaestra alanında ise ilk kez Antalya Müzesi Müdürlüğünce kazı çalışmaları başlatılmış yüzlerce mimari bloğun envanterlenmesine esas fotoğraf, çizim, belgeleme ve düzenleme çalışmaları gerçekleştirildi. Çalışmalarda Palaestra yapısının Nympahion kısmında gerçekleştirilen kazılarda 8 adet mermerden erkek, kadın ve tanrı/tanrıça heykelleri açığa çıkarıldı.

Ayrıca Batı Sütunlu Cadde yaklaşık 3,5 aylık kısa bir dönemde ziyarete açılabilecek düzeye getirildi. Bu alandaki çalışmalar, durmaksızın devam etmekte olup alanın kazısından sonra tüm bir Palaestra yapısının ön cephesi gün yüzüne çıkarılacak.

Batı Sütunlu Cadde’nin köşesinde bulunan mekânın iç kısmında,

yüksek plastik karakter arz eden kabartmaların bulunduğu üç adet bütüne yakın korunmuş friz kuşağı bulundu.

Roma Dönemine (2.y.y.) tarihlenen ve genel olarak iyi korunmuş durumdaki frizlerde ana tema, mevsimsel döngü temelinde doğanın uyanışı ve buna bağlı olarak düzenlenen, Dynoisos şenlikleridir.

Perge Antik Kenti kazı çalışmalarında kuzey güney yönünde yaklaşık 85 m, Batı Caddede ise yaklaşık 140 m alan kazılarak, gerekli konservasyon ve restorasyon çalışmalarının ardından sezon sonunda ziyarete açık hale getirilecek.Çalışmalara 39 işçi, 7 arkeolog ve 3 restoratör tarafından devam ediliyor.Perge Antik Kentinde 2012 yılında öncelikle sağlıksız olan mevcut etütlük eser depoları tek tek elden geçirilerek konteyner depolar temin edilmiş, etütlük eserler bu depolara nakledilerek tasnifi yapıldı.

Avrupa Şehir Turizminde İstanbul 12.

Avrupa Şehirleri Pazarlama grubunun Viyana Modül Üniversitesi ile birlikte haırladığı rapora göre destinasyon olarak şehirleri tercih edenlerin arasında yaptığı araştırmada 2012 de en çok geceleme yapılan Avrupa şehirleri açıklandı. 113 Şehrin sıralamasında ilk 15 şehir şöyle sıralandı.

Ruslar İstanbul’dan Vazgeçiyor Türkiye’de Gezi Parkı eylemlerine polisin müdahalesiyle alevlenen olayların Rusya cephesinden turizme olumsuz yansımaları hissedilmeye başlandı. Rusya Tur Operatörleri Birliği –ATOR-, çatışmalar nedeniyle birçok turistin özellikle İstanbul seyahatlerini iptal ettiğini açıkladı.

Toplam Geceleme Destinasyon

2012 Geceleme

2011-12 % 2011-12 Değişim sıralaması

1

*Londra

37.719.898

3.1%

-

2

*Paris

36.907.372

0.1%

-

3

Berlin

24.896.201

11.4%

-

4

*Roma

22.962.129

4.3%

-

5

*Barselona

15.931.932

2.6%

+1

6

*Madrid

15.541.907

-5.1%

-1

7

Prag

13.601.964

2.9%

-

8

*Viyana

13.119.077

7.1%

-

9

*Münih

12.366.261

5.4

-

10 *Stokholm

10.713.593

1.3%

-6

11

10.616.115

11.1%

+2

12 İstanbul

10.454.764

-1.8%

-2

13 *Amsterdam

9.801.500

0.5%

-2

14 *Milano

9.163.731

1.6%

-

15 *Palma de Mayorka

7.895.379

-2.2%

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Hamburg

RİA ajansının bildirdiğine göre, İstanbul’da son dönemde otel rezervasyonlarının yüzde 50 azaldığı belirtilen açıklamada, birçok Rusyalı turistin de İstanbul’a gitmekten vazgeçtiği, ancak sahil bölgelerine tur paketi satışlarının devam ettiği belirtildi. Ajansa konuşan bir tur operatörü yetkilisi, “Turistlerin çoğu İstanbul turlarını iptal etti. Yalnızca önceden tur satın alan iki turist İstanbul’a gitti” şeklinde bilgi verdi. Türkiye Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’nın özellikle Almanya, Rusya ve İngiltere’deki tur operatörlerine düzenli olarak bilgi verdiği aktarılan ATOR açıklamasında, Türk yetkililerin “bu gibi olayların tüm demokratik ülkelerde meydana gelebileceği” yönünde telkinde bulunduğu kaydedildi. Rusya Dışişleri Bakanlığı sözcüsü Aleksandr Lukaşeviç, Rusya vatandaşlarına Türkiye’de gösterilerin olduğu yerlerden uzak durmaları çağrısını yinelemişti. ( Türkrus) NewFocus

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