New Focus Travel Magazine September - October 2012

September / October’2012 No:127

3,000 - Year old Sculpture of Hittite King Suppiluliuma Discovered in Turkey

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20 th Year No: 127 September / October’2012

From the Editor

Marketing Starts Again

While world tourism is growing, the problems are also continuing.

Therefore, tourism marketing is getting more important every year.

Countries and companies carefully prepare their marketing and promotional studies and sales strategies. The ones that present new tourism products and politics for the changing tourism trends every year are those who deserve the bigger pie in tourism industry cake.

As it happens every year, marketing for the next year starts in September. One of the most tourist sending countries; Russia is hosting its tourism fairs in Moscow in mid of September. Afterwards, the most important event of Asia Pacific; PATA Travel Mart is taking place this year in Manila, Philippines end of September.

More tourism fairs will take place in October and by the end of November, they will tell us how tourism and travel industry will be in 2013.

In this issue, we are covering the story of the colossal two-tonne 3000 year-old sculpture of Hittite King Suppiluliuma, which is one of the latest cultural treasures to be unearthed in Turkey.

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Bu yıl yaz tatillerimizde ağırlığı kruvaziyer seyahatlerine ayırdık. Önce Kruvaziyer Turizmin en tecrübeli kuruluşu Tura Turizmin organize ettiği Norveç Fiyordları gezisine katıldık.

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New Site in Turkey was Added to UNESCO World Heritage List

The ancient Neolithic Site of Çatalhöyük was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 1 during the World Heritage Committee meeting held in St. Petersburg, making this the 11th UNESCO recognized site in Turkey. Located in the province of Konya in the Central Anatolia, Çatalhöyük is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world.

The wall paintings in the ancient city are regarded as some of humanity’s earliest artworks. Çatalhöyük is made up of two hills on 34 acres on the Southern Anatolian Plateau. The taller mound to the east includes wall paintings, reliefs, sculptures and other symbolic elements that show 18 different levels of Neolithic occupation between 7,400 and 6,200 B.C. These

profound findings illustrate the adaptation of human social organization and cultural practices within a very sedentary lifestyle.

The mound to the west dates back to 6,200 to 5,200 B.C. during the Chalcolithic period. The site reveals crucial evidence of the early transition from villages to urban settlements. At the site, visitors will see a group of back-to-back houses, accessible through the roof, with no streets. Other Turkish sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List include Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia, Great Mosque and Hospital of Divriği, Historic Areas of Istanbul, Hattusha: the Hittite Capital, Nemrut Dağ, Hierapolis-Pamukkale, XanthosLetoon, City of Safranbolu, Archaeological Site of Troy, and Selimiye Mosque and its Social Complex. The World Heritage List includes 962 properties forming part of the cultural and natural heritage which the World Heritage Committee considers as having outstanding universal value. These include 745 cultural, 188 natural and 29 mixed properties in 157 countries. As of March 2012, 189 countries have ratified the World Heritage Convention.

Turkey’s Tourism Income Increases 3.8 % Turkish Statistical Institute released a statement stating that Turkey’s tourism income increased 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2012. The statement said that Turkey’s tourism income was calculated as 5.576 billion USD with a 3.8 percent rise in the second quarter of 2012. While 82.1 percent of the total income was obtained from foreign visitors, 17.9 percent of it was gained from citizens residing outside Turkey. 4.303 billion of the total tourism income came from individuals, 1.272 billion of it came from package tour expenditures, the institute stated. Turkish Statistical Institute also stated that the average expenditure was 598 USD in the mentioned period.

Istanbul Ranked Among Best Vacations in Europe U.S. News Travel released the 20122013 editions of several popular Best Vacations ranking lists. Turkey’s biggest city and 2010 European Culture Capital is ranked 4th Best Affordable Europe Vacations and 11th place at Best European Vacations listing. U.S. News Travel says, “Istanbul has a split personality: Half of Istanbul rests in Europe, the other half in Asia. Notable sites like the Hagia Sophia and the

Blue Mosque bear evidence of the two converging worlds. For a taste of Istanbul’s lively culture—which is unlike anything you’d experience in Western European cities—spend a few hours hunting for bargains in the Grand Bazaar”. The complete Best Vacations rankings, overall and sorted by region, are available here: http://travel.usnews. com/Rankings/

Renowned Turkish Twin Pianists Arzu & Gamze Kirtil in London The renowned Turkish twin pianists Arzu & Gamze Kırtıl are going to the UK on September 15, 2012 to play a 7.30pm concert at St John’s Smith Square, London. The dynamic and innovative Istanbul born Kırtıl sisters have become one of the most impressive piano duets of recent years, attracting plaudits,

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spanning continents and delighting audiences with their exciting performances. This concert features 2 double piano concertos: Mozart’s Concerto 365 in Eb, his final concert written before the end of his early Salzburg period, and Poulenc’s Concerto in D minor, an important and exciting part of the two player repertoire. Arzu & Gamze will be playing alongside Philharmonia Britannica, under the baton of Peter Fender. The orchestra will also be performing the perennial favourites Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No 5 in C minor. The beautiful and elegant Baroque setting of St John’s, will lend itself perfectly, aesthetically and acoustically, to an evening of beautiful music.

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3rd Transanatolia Rally Raid will be held on 04 - 11 September 2012 in Turkey

Transanatolia 2012, Turkey’s first, 7 full days long rally raid in challenging stages, including mud and water on rally bikes, off road vehicles, quads and buggies starts in Antalya, goes over the Taurus Mountains into Cappadocia and finishes in Alanya.

Local and international participants of the rally raid will endure

an average of 300 km long special stages per day in order to complete the 2500 km long section. Just like the previous years, Transanatolia will be hosting motorsport connoisseurs like Tina Meier from Germany and Thomas De Bois from Holland, as well as Turkish participants.The Rally Raid aims to build a bridge of culture and friendship regionally, as it will be promoting fading Anatolian culture as well as regions where tourism is unknown, and also contributing to the promotion of the country in the untouched areas of Turkey. The Rally Raid: are rallies where rally bikes, off-road vehicles, buggies and quad bikes all compete together on off road stages of 1.500-10000 km long in a period of 3-15 days.

Germany Based Performance Festival, IPA Held in Istanbul to August 4, hosted 46 students. The IPA-Istanbul Festival, as a new highlight of Turkey’s art scene, aims to be a platform for encouraging the practice of performance art by uniting performance art lovers as well as emerging artists from all over the world to exchange their ideas and experiences. The festival performances were made at Gallery Non, Salt Galata, Pi Artworks and at Pasajist. Prominent performance artists such as Rio Vaara from Finland, Jürgen Fritz from Germany, Lynn Luu from Britain, Dominik Lipp, Manuela Centrone, Nora Jacobs performed at the venues. While on August 11 the conference of the festival which was focusing on the teaching performance art, artists Roi Vaara, Lynn Luu, Dominik Lipp, Jürgen Fritz, Klara Schilliger, Lara Schilliger, Valerian Maly, Daniel Haller and Laura Laeser shared their experiences on teaching and performing performance art. Burçak Konukman, the festival This year the Berlin-based International Performance coordinator said: “The existing festivals in Turkey usually focus Association (IPA) performance arts festival reached new on stage performances; however IPA is only about visual arts heights as it becomes an international performance festival. and a part of plastic arts.” Noting that IPA also gives chance The first IPA festival was held in Istanbul between July 30 everyone to discover Istanbul’s art scene and also performance and August 12. This year the IPA festival was organized by art experience in the country, Konukman said: “This may Istanbul-based arts and culture team KOZA Visual Culture and change the approach to performance art in Turkey.” The Arts Association and was supported by Maumau Art Residency accommodation sponsor of IPA 2012 was Avantgarde Hotel. with contributions of venue partners Salt Galata, Pasajist, The hotel, which has opened on May 2010 at Levent district of Gallery NON and DEPO. The festival, which was held between Istanbul, also is home to contemporary art works. The hotel August 5 to 10 hosted 20 artists’ performances, while the also gives support to contemporary art events. workshops and summer camp, which was held between July 29

Istanbul’s Historic Sultanahmet Square hosts “Baklava Contest” The Historical Peninsula Baklava Festival was held in Sultanahmet Square, in Istanbul. Chosen out of 40 people, four baklava chefs raced to become the winner.

While the chefs were showing efforts to win, jury members made their assessments.

“The filo dough sheets for baklava must be thin, in its nicest form. The net ratio of farina in all sheets of a dozen of filo dough pack should be the same and uniform both in the center and around the borders.

If not, baklava will crack in your mouth harshly because of the over-used and uneven farina,” said a master baklava chef. The winner Uğur Ayger was prized with ten gold coins

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and a watch. Among the spectators was the cabinet member from Gaziantep Fatma Şahin. Ms. Şahin pointed out to the importance of preserving the Turkish culture and owning its products in the foreign countries. “When you visit a foreign country, you see by chance that the Turkish invention baklava is called “Greek”. They listed “baklava” under the Greek Cuisine, but it’s from Turkish city Gaziantep. We need to own our cuisine and promote it globally,” Şahin told press. After the Baklava Contest, the Janissaries marched with Mehter, holding “Baklava Parade”. At the end of the festival, two tons of free baklava were given to people visiting the historical peninsula.

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Turkey’s Cruise Sector Growing Fast

In beginning of July, The Seatrade Turkish Cruise Forum has closed with delegates leaving Izmir after a 1.5 day conference and networking session, which saw cruise lines, ports and

suppliers come together to discuss the growing momentum for cruise tourism in Turkey and purchasing strategies and opportunities for local sourcing. In welcoming delegates to the conference at Seatrade Chairman Chris Hayman stated “these are exciting times for Turkey which last year welcomed 2.5m passengers to its shores. In addition 50,000 Turkish cruise passengers joined ships, a figure set to rise 30% to 65,000 in 2012, making Turkey one of Europe’s fastest growing source markets”. Ekrem Demirtas President of the Executive Board, Izmir Chamber of Commerce discussed how Turkey is looking to grow its cruise business. “In the first 6 months of 2012, we have seen 300 ships carrying 355,000 passengers to Turkey.

Our aim for the port of Izmir, one of the country’s three leading cruise ports is to become one of the top 50 cruise destinations in the world”. The passenger port is up for privatisation which includes the building of new berths and infrastructure which when completed in 2015 will have the capacity to handle 2 million passengers a year.

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“Whilst Turkey is adhering to this rule the Schengen countries are not”. And he pointed out “if this is waived there is a huge potential out of Turkey and neighbouring countries, such as Russia, Ukraine and Arabic countries.” Other discussions covered the need to understand variety when it comes to shore excursions, Mary Shaw-Delaney, Director Shoreside Programmes, Silversea Cruises identified how guests want culture, adventure, shopping, dining, convenience and security – “all found in abundance here in Turkey.” The opportunity for local suppliers to increase their engagement with the cruise sector was also covered. Eduardo Lopez-Puertas, VP Land Ertugrul Gunay, Minster of Culture and Tourism, Republic Operations, Pullmantur said “Turkey offers very good prices of Turkey stated, “Tourism is important as it creates peace. and service levels but it is important to invest in logistics.”

We are seeing Greece, Turkey and the Black Sea emerging as Cruise line panellists said they are open to business proposals cruise destinations and if we cooperate together the Aegean from local suppliers but added it is highly challenging and there Sea will become the most popular cruise arena in the world is no option to fail or delay deliveries. On the morning 5th July, outstripping the Caribbean” During the event, Demirtas 30 companies attended a networking brunch with ports and announced representatives from Turkey’s cruise community suppliers showcasing their products and services and what met to establish the Turkish Cruise Platform, to further promote cruise tourism within the country. Turkey is one of the they can offer to create a comprehensive supply structure for cruise lines operating in the Eastern Med. Companies fastest growing economies with an expected growth of 5% included travel agents, ship agents, textile producers, porcelain in 2012. It is the 15th largest GDP market and the 6th largest economy in Europe. Dario Rustico, Sales and Marketing Director manufacturers, food and beverage suppliers, ports, tourism offices, ship chandlers and repairers. “I found it invaluable to Central Europe, Africa, Middle East and India, Costa Crociere meet suppliers face-to-face and the time to discuss mutual S.p.A spoke about the opportunities to grow both calls and business opportunities,” said Mike Deegan, Operations locally sourced passengers. “With 6.6 million Turkish tourists Director, All Leisure Holidays Participants were treated travelling abroad there is huge potential here”, he remarked. to warm Turkish hospitality throughout the event, with a “Outbound will automatically feed inbound, as bigger ships Welcome Reception at the Tarihi Havagazi Fabrikasi (Historical are deployed to Turkey”, Rustico said. Costa has seven ships Coal Gas Factory) on the Tuesday evening, and a Gala Dinner calling Turkey during 2012 picking up passengers in Istanbul at the Rain Club Saime Sultan Yalisi Turan / Bayrakli on the and Izmir, making 108 calls carrying 372,000 passengers, Wednesday evening. The Seatrade Turkish Cruise Forum took a figure set to increase by around 9% during 2013. Whilst speakers praised the country’s port facilities and services levels place at the Swissotel Grand Efes, Izmir, organised by Seatrade and held in conjunction with Izmir Chamber of Commerce. they also spoke about challenges that need to be overcome The event was sponsored by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, including Schengen Visas needed by Turkish passengers to Cesme Ulusoy Port, The Tourist Guides Chamber of Izmir, ITStravel to European Ports. However Kerry Anastassiadis, CEO Louis Cruises praised Turkey’s ability to listen and take action, ALDO, Karadeveci, Karavanmar Cruise Services, ARKAS Travel – MSC Cruises, Pinar, Sea Song Tours, Turkish Airlines and Tura “in certain places bureaucracy is the byword, but here you talk Turizm.

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Thousands Attended ’2 Continents 1 Race’ Bosphorus Swim On July 15th, thousands of swimmers raced from one of the famous stops of the Bosphorus — Kanlıca on the Asian side to Kurucesme on the European side for a 6.5kms racecourse. The Bosphorus Cross-continental Races are organized under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee. When this event started in 1989, it was apparently participated by 4 female and 64 male athletes but has since grown to become an important part of the Turkish sports tradition. This year’s event attracted 1238 racers from 41 countries.

20 year-old Hasan Emre Musluoğlu won the race in third consecutive year with 47 minutes 12 seconds. Evgeny Bezruchenko from Russia came second place with 47 minutes 58 seconds and William Ellis is third from Great Britain. U.S. Consulate General’s Swim Team including US Consul General Scott Kilner were among the racers of this year’s ’2 Continents 1 Race’ Bosphorus Swim.

Mr. Kilner arrived final at 426th place.

Antalya Promotion Foundation Started to Promote Expo 2016 Antalya Promotion Foundation Chairman Nizamettin Şen said they are continuing their promotional activities for Antalya.

The foundation creates annual promotional materials with different themes, maps of Kaleiçi and Lycian walking paths translated into several languages. All of the promotional materials are distributed to all institutions and organizations at national and particularly international platforms. This year, the logo of Expo 2016 is added to the new brochures and for Expo 2016 with the theme of “Children & Flower” is introduced during the international fairs by Antalya Convention Bureau which is founded by Antalya Promotion Foundation. Antalya Promotion Foundation plays an important role in bringing Expo 2016 which has the theme of “Children and Flowers” to Antalya. At the end of a long and meticulous work, EXPO 2016 DVDs has been aired in the most exclusive hotels and all common areas of these hotels in Antalya. Thus, Expo

2016 is begun to be announced as an important event. With the demonstrations of EXPO 2016 DVD, with many images of natural and cultural heritages of Antalya, promotions are continuing and spreading over a large area. From the summer season of 2012, the promotion of EXPO 2016 has been started on the TV channels and at open space screens of 5 star hotels like Garden Resort Bergamot Hotel, Orange Country Resort Hotel, Max Royal Hotel, Sherwood Resort Hotel, Xanadu Resort Hotel, Club Hotel Sera, Hillside Su, Asteria Hotels, Topkapı Palace, Venezia Palace, Spice Hotel, Divan Tayla and Saturn Palace. Antalya Promotion Foundation declared their appreciations and thanks to these hotels managers who kindly accepted to promote this important event.

Ali Kazma will Represent Turkey at The Venice Biennale 2013 Ali Kazma will represent Turkey at the 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale in 2013. Having received 2010 Nam June Paik Award from the Art Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia and 2001 UNESCO Award for the Promotion of the Arts and participated to the Istanbul Biennial in 2011, 2007 and 2011, Ali Kazma will realise a new project for the Pavilion of Turkey. The Pavilion of Turkey in Venice Biennale, coordinated by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV), will be curated by Emre Baykal. Baykal had also curated Ali Kazma’s exhibition titled “Obstructions” at YKY Kâzım Taşkent Art Gallery in 2010. The Pavilion of Turkey in Venice Biennale, is sponsored by Fiat, as it was in 2011, with the contribution of the Promotion Fund of the Turkish Prime

Ministry. The conceptual framework of the Pavilion of Turkey at the 55th International Art Exhibition in Venice Biennale and the project of Ali Kazma will be announced later in a press meeting in December 2012.

The Pavilion of Turkey in Venice Biennale has been held under the coordination of İKSV since 2006.

In 2007 Hüseyin B. Alptekin, under the curatorship of Vasıf Kortun; in 2009 Banu Cennetoğlu and Ahmet Öğüt, under the curatorship of Başak Şenova; in 2011 Ayşe Erkmen, under the curatorship of Fulya Erdemci and curatorial collaboration of Danae Mossman had represented Turkey. C24 Gallery represents Irfan Onurmen in New York and will have a solo exhibition of his work in November.

Istanbul Renewed Sister City Protocol with Rio The sister city protocol between Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro that was signed for the first time between Istanbul and Rio de Janeiro in 1965 has been renewed by Mr. Eduardo Paes, the mayor of Rio de Janeiro and Mr. Kadir Topbaş, the mayor of Istanbul. Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Eduardo Paes said: “As the local governments, we can do greater jobs than central governments and we have the power to make it happen. We support your leadership and attack diplomacy.”

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40th World Chess Olympics will be in WOW Istanbul followed by a great number of press members.

Istanbul is once again hosting an important World Championship. Most of the sportsmen – who will join the 40th World Chess Olympics that will be held between August 28th and September 9th – are staying in WOW Istanbul Hotels. 1800 sportsmen from 164 countries and 4000 guests will attend the championship – which will be held in Istanbul World Trade Center. WOW Istanbul Hotels - 95% of whose reservations will be constituted by chess players during the championship – will also host special organizations along with the opening and closing ceremonies of 40th World Chess Olympics. Being a nominee to be the Olympics with the highest attendance ever, the 40th World Chess Olympics will be attended by the prominent names in the world. The Olympics - where the contest between the names including the famous chess master Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik will be watched – will be

Turkey Aims to be Health Tourism Hub Turkey aims to become a second Dubai in terms of special health services designed to target health tourism, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, thermal spa facilities, care facilities for the elderly and holiday villages. The creation of special health zones and healing centers in Turkey is underway and drawing the attention of foreign investors, Dursun Aydın, head of the

Health Tourism Department of the Turkish Ministry of Health, told Anatolia News Agency. With the new legal code, the ministry plans to develop health tourism and create a model concept for the rest of the health sector in the region, Aydın said. In achieving this goal, the ministry also plans to improve the inflow of foreign investment, increase employment, bring in skilled foreign healthcare workers, speed up the use of medical technology and encourage the production of services and investments, he added. Dubai and Iran have special heath zones and healing centers, but the Iranian health zone is currently still in the project phase, Aydın said. Oman, Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico are also planning to set up special health zones. The announcement of management firms for Turkey’s health zones will be made in December, and investment, building and zoning operations will begin next year, Aydın said.

Antalya Most Trusted Tourism Spot The southern province of Antalya, one of Turkey’s premiere tourism destinations, has been chosen as the most trusted tourism destination among Germans along with Mallorca, according to 4,000 travel agencies surveyed by a Turkish tourism portal. “Some 95 percent of the elderly, 85 percent of families with children and 70 percent of the youth find Antalyatrustable. Antalya has become the most trusted destination of Germanfamilies,” said Hüseyin Baraner, the representative for Turkey at TUI AG (Touristik Union International), aGerman multinational travel and tourism company headquartered in Hanover. “The elderly and children feel safe the most during vacations in Antalya,” he said, noting that some of the reasons respondents distrusted other places was poor infrastructure. “It is a source of pride that Antalya has been chosen as the most trusted destination shining out among other destinations.” Families with children visit Antalya the most among all the destinations in the world, he said, adding that nearly 3 million children and youth came to Antalya last year. “You may think [as an adult] that ‘nothing

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will happen to me’ and just go to some place,” he said, but added that families never considered going to an “unsafe” place.

The most important criterion for tourists going on holiday is ultimately “safety,” he said, noting that this proved how safe the southern Turkish province was. It was particularly meaningful that Antalya is the most visited destination despite economic crises in the European and Russian markets, he said. Falling crude oil prices may drag down the number of Russian tourists coming to Turkey, but German tourists, who have been long-time loyal customers of the Turkish tourism industry, may be the industry’s savior this year, an hotelier from the southern province of Antalya, also known as the capital of tourism, has said. “There is a danger particularly about Russia. The number of Russian tourists drops in tandem with falling crude oil [prices]. Germans will likely be the saviors of Turkish tourism,” Aktay Tourism Investment and Enterprises Chief Executive Vadi Karatopraklı said, noting that all figures regarding local tourism data are dropping this year, according to a report by daily Hürriyet. The number of tourists traveling to Turkey dropped 5 percent in the first five months of the year, compared to the same period last year. The decrease in the number ofRussian tourists seen this year is about 15 percent, Karatopraklı said, adding that the number would likely fall further in the coming years. “We should woo 5.5 million high-income German consumers. If we can attract them, Turkish tourism will offset the blow from [the low number of] Russians.” The number of Iranian tourist fell by 80 percent this year, he said.

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Number of Muslim Tourists Visiting Turkey Increases

Turkey has become the second most-visited country by Muslim tourists, after Malaysia, according to a study titled “Global Muslim Lifestyle Tourism Market 2012: Landscape & Consumer of DinarStandard. According to the study, Turkey was the second mostvisited country by Muslim tourists, with Malaysia holding first place on the list.

After Turkey, other popular destinations for Muslim travelers include the U.A.E., Singapore, Russia, China, France, Thailand and Italy. In 2011, 60 percent of total global Muslim tourist expenditure occurred in the Middle East and North Africa. Germany took first place for outbound tourism expenditure by Muslim communities living in non-Muslim countries. Russia followed in second place, and France, where many North African Muslims live, was third.

In 2011 31.4 million tourists came to Turkey, according to the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s border statistics.

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Country Number of visitors Rate IRAN 1,879,304 5.97 SYRIA 974,054 3.1 AZERBAIJAN 424,155 1.84 IRAQ 369,033 1.17 KAZAKHSTAN 219,445 1 Turkish Cyprus 203,272 0.65 LEBANON 137,110 0.44 SAUDI ARABIA 116,711 0.37 TURKMENISTAN 112,358 0.44 JORDAN 94,914 0.30

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Nevra Saylam has been appointed Sapanca Club Lale Otel & Restaurant as General Manager.

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Tourists From Muslim Countries The chart below shows the number of tourists to Turkey from Muslim countries and their rate in Turkey’s overall tourism as of 2011:

Needs.” The study of Muslim tourists and the Muslim tourism market was conducted in 14 countries by the New Yorkbased specialized research, advisory and business media firm DinarStandard and the world’s largest halal-friendly travel website, Singapore-based CrescentRating. According to the research, the global Muslim tourism market was worth $126.1 billion in expenditure in 2011, accounting for 12.3 percent of global tourism expenditure. By 2020, global Muslim tourism expenditure will increase 13.4 percent to $192 billion, the study says. “This research will help players in the tourism industry improve their services and develop marketing strategies by analyzing the lifestyle of Muslims in the tourism market,” CrescentRating CEO Fazal Bahardeen said of the study.

“Muslim tourists make up the largest undiscovered market in the tourism industry. Airlines, destinations, hotels and resorts can benefit tremendously by catering to the unique Muslim lifestyle travel drivers, including halal food, family-friendly environments, accommodation of religious practices, and nuances of gender relations,” said Rafi-uddin Shikoh, CEO and managing director

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Assistant Professor Haluk Dursun has appointed as the new Director of Topkapi Palace Museum.

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Özge Aztekin named Director of Sales and

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Istanbul Gönen Hotel, Yenibosna’s newest 5-star

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WTM is the event where the travel industry conducts its business deals. WTM 2011’s exhibitors will sign deals with WTM Meridian Club members worth 4,661m TRY (£1,653m). WTM 2012 is poised to facilitate even more business for the industry.

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Being one of the most popular holiday destinations in the world and having such a large presence at WTM, Turkish exhibitors can definitely expect to conduct a great deal of business during the four days of the event.

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3,000 - year- old Sculpture of Hittite King Suppiluliuma Discovered in Turkey

A colossal two-tonne 3,000 year-old sculpture of Hittite King Suppiluliuma is one of the latest cultural treasures to be unearthed by an international team in Tell Tayinat, an ancient site in Hatay, southeastern Turkey. Alongside the statue archaeologists found another carving, a semicircular column base bearing the images of a sphinx and a winged bull. Tayinat, a large low-lying mound, is located 35 kilometres east of Antakya (ancient Antioch). Announcing the finds, which form part of a monumental gate complex from the upper citadel of Kunulua, capital of the Neo-Hittite Kingdom of Patina (ca.

1000-738 BC), Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertugrul Gunay, said that the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism aims for these key pieces, which shed light on life in ancient Anatolia, to be exhibited at the Hatay Archaeological Museum within a year following careful restoration by a professional

team. Commenting on the newly discovered Tayinat sculptures, Timothy Harrison, professor of near eastern archaeology at the University of Toronto and director of the Tayinat Archaeological Project, which has been ongoing since 2004, said that there was a ‘very well-preserved Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription on the back’ identifying him as Hittite King Suppiluliuma. He went on to say ‘[the pieces] provide a vivid glimpse into the innovative character and sophistication of the Iron Age cultures that emerged in the eastern Mediterranean following the collapse of the great imperial powers of the Bronze Age at the end of the second millennium BC.’ The sculpture of King Suppiluliuma, a regal figure who ruled over the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Patina in the 9th century B.C., is preserved from the waist up and measures almost 1.5 meters tall, suggesting a total body length of 3.5 to four metres.

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Suppiluliuma began his career as the chief advisor and general to Tudhaliya II, then based at Samuha. In this capacity, he defeated the Hittites’ enemies among the Azzi-Hayasa and the Kaskas. Both enemies then united around charismatic leaders to counter him; of these Karanni founded a semblance of a royal court in Hayasa, and Piyapili failed to do likewise for the Kaska.

Suppiluliuma and Tudhaliya defeated these threats in turn, to the extent that the Hittite court could settle in Hattusa again. When Tudhaliya II died, Tudhaliya III succeeded to the throne. Soon after his accession, however, he was overthrown and succeeded

by Suppiluliuma who was the younger brother of Tudhaliya III. Some of the Hittite priests later reported this to Suppiluliumas’s son, successor, and biographer Mursili II, holding it out as an outstanding crime of the whole dynasty. Suppiluliuma married a sister to the Hayasan king Hukkana, and his daughter Muwatti to Maskhuiluwa of the Arzawan state Mira. He also married a Babylonian princess and retook Arzawan territory as far as Hapalla. His most permanent victory was against the Mitanni kingdom, which he reduced to a client state under his son-inlaw Shattiwazza. He was also a master builder of large stone structures decorated with stone reliefs. It was during his reign that concepts of the sacred nature of royal leaders developed.

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The treaty he signed with the Mitannian king Matiwaza was sworn in the name of Vedic deities (Mitra, Varuna, Indra, Nasatya), indicating that these were both Aryan cultures which worshipped the same gods. Suppiluliuma then took advantage of the tumultuous reign of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and seized control of Egyptian territory in Syria, inciting many Egyptian vassals to revolt. His success encouraged the widow (who is called Dakhamunzu in the annals) of the Egyptian king Nibhururiya (usually identified with Tutankhamun) to write to

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him, asking him to send one of his sons to be her husband and rule Egypt, since she had no heir and was on the verge of being forced to marry “a servant”, usually thought to be the Egyptian general Horemheb or her late husband’s vizier Ay. Suppliluliuma dispatched an ambassador to Egypt to investigate; he reported that the situation was accurately described, and the king decided to take advantage of this windfall; unfortunately, Prince Zannanza died on the way, and the marriage alliance never was consummated. Angry letters were exchanged between Suppiluliuma and the Pharaoh Ay, who had assumed the Egyptian throne, over the circumstances of Zannanza’s death. Suppililiuma was furious at this turn of events and unleashed his armies against Egypt’s vassal states in Canaan and Northern Syria, capturing much territory. Unfortunately, many of the Egyptian prisoners carried a plague which would eventually ravage the Hittite heartland and lead to the deaths of both Suppiluliuma I and his successor, Arnuwanda II. The Deeds of Suppiluliuma, compiled after his death by his son Mursili, is an important primary source for the king’s reign. One of Suppiluliuma’s letters, addressed to Akhenaten, was preserved in the Amarna letters (EA 41) archive at Akhetaten. It expresses his hope that the good relations which existed between Egypt and Hatti under Akhenaten’s father (Amenhotep III) would continue into Akhenaten’s new reign.

dŽƌŽŶƚŽ ^ƚƵĚĞŶƚ ŝƐĐŽǀĞƌƐ ϯ͕ϬϬϬͲLJĞĂƌͲŽůĚ ^ƚĂƚƵĞ ŝŶ dƵƌŬĞLJ more than 60 field workers to unearth the two-tonne statue of the man who reigned over the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Patina in the 9th century B.C. It is a massive monument.

The head and torso are intact and measure about 1.5 metres in length, suggesting the statue’s full size was close to 4 metres, said Harrison. It’s about a metre wide. They’ve found fragments of the bottom half but have not excavated it fully yet. The king’s big eyes, made of white and black stone, are beautifully Darren Joblonkay was digging at an archeological camp in preserved, said Harrison. There was no guessing who the king southeastern Turkey when he spotted a lock of curly hair carved was: “I am Suppiluliuma,” reads the inscription on his back. in stone. “At first, we weren’t 100 per cent sure what it was,” It is followed by a list of his accomplishments: taking land said Joblonkay, a 23-year-old University of Toronto graduate from eight neighbouring kingdoms, establishing a border, and student. He didn’t want to get too excited yet. Then, there was building a monument to his father, said Harrison. Joblonkay a shoulder, an arm and a wrist adorned by a bracelet with two wants to know how the statue was knocked down, why it is lions. Word spread quickly at the site. Soon, there was a large there at all. Is there evidence of an internal conflict? Did trouble crowd. The student had found a king. A colossal 3,000-year-old come from outside the kingdom, beyond the borders? These statue of King Suppiluliuma lay face down, eyes wide open, are difficult questions to answer, said Joblonkay, who decided curly beard in the dirt, the tale of his reign carved into his back. he wanted to pursue archeology after his first undergraduate Joblonkay couldn’t believe his luck. This was the third of his year at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta. Though he is four major archeological finds. All hail from a 10-by-10-metre looking forward to starting his PhD this fall, and to having a square bordered by two temples excavated in the 1930s and real shower, Joblonkay said he’s “sad to be leaving the statue, in 2008. They expected a courtyard, but it’s an archeological sad to be leaving the site.” Joblonkay leaves Turkey Sunday. He treasure chest. “He’s very lucky,” said Tim Harrison, professor said he’ll return next summer to uncover the mystery of how of near eastern archeology at the U of T and director of the the statue of the king was toppled, the big eyes staring at dirt Tayinat Archeological Project. It took two weeks and a team of for so long.

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WOW Istanbul’s Number of Meeting Halls Reached to 34

WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Center as a leading brand of tourism increased its number of meeting halls to 34 and the person capacity of meetings to 6500. The increase in the meeting capacity will be instrumental in developing Yeşilköy region as the Congress Valley II of Istanbul. WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Center General Coordinator Ziya Cihan who emphasizes that Istanbul rising to be the 7th in congress tourism in the world ranking is highly important, said that; “The importance of Istanbul in terms of convention and meeting tourism will elevate even more shortly when we evaluate the potential of the city and the meeting requests that we get. Especially the region where we are based in is very favorable in terms of development of the convention tourism. As a result of all these we have made a new investment which we initiated its construction in July 2011. WOW Convention Center now performs services as two blocks, A and B. In Block A we had the largest meeting hall in Istanbul with Sapphire Hall with the area of 3108 m2. With the new investment we now have the largest meeting capacity with housing. In B Block of WOW Convention Center there are 21 new separable halls.

The largest of them is the Ruby Hall which has a telescopic tribune system, with 7 meters ceiling height and 1180 meter square of total area. The sizes of the halls that will be present in the same complex vary from 70 to 225 meter square. There is also a VIP hall in the facility that includes lounge, office and meeting rooms. Therefore, the number of the meeting rooms in our convention center increased from 13 to 34, as well as the area to 8500 meter square and the person capacity to 6500. Yeşilköy takes a big step towards being the Congress Valley II of Istanbul with this new project executed in WOW Convention Center.” Along with the meeting opportunities, WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention

Center attained new entertainment venues and restaurants.

Choppers Point Istanbul as the most pretentious restaurant holds for such a concept and decoration that has not been tried before in Turkey. Some of the outfit that is being used are custom made as some are brought from abroad. The famous gastronomy expert Osman Serim took place in the restaurant as the Kitchen Consultant. Ziya Cihan explained that a long-term practice has been executed for the menus, and said “Mr. Serim and the kitchen team we have established worked on very special tastes for a long time. Every detail has been elaborated from the logo, menu design as well as the course and services of the venue which performs services also as a restaurant, cafe and bar. Choppers Point not only took place in between the most special restaurants in the region but also in Istanbul in a short period of time. The restaurant also allows for a bowling hall and pool. Also a famous fast food chain and a fish restaurant will be opened in our facility.” WOW Istanbul Hotels & Convention Center performs services with its 4-star WOW Airport Hotel, 5-star WOW Istanbul Hotel and the convention center, WOW Convention Center within the same complex. Ziya Cihan who stated that this property of the facility is very important, continued his speech as follows: “We have the largest housing capacity as a meeting center in Istanbul with our room numbers of 635 and 1270 bed capacity in two hotels. We have become a unique facility not only in Turkey but also around the world with the new project stepping in. We can use the constructions both as one and separate facilities. We stand out in every kind of organization such as accommodation, congress and company meetings with this physical construction including its experienced team, and special offering concepts.”

New Vouge Hotel Opens in Bodrum at 2013 Vogue Hotels & Resorts will open its second property in Torba, Bodrum after opening its first property; Vogue Hotel Avantgarde in Kemer, Antalya. Vogue Hotel Bodrum which is located in Cennet (Paradise) Bay, will have 204 rooms, 331 suits and villas. The hotel will be opened for 2013 summer season and will serve its guests with one main open buffet restaurant, 12 bars, snack restaurants, 5 different cuisine A’la Carte Restaurants. The hotel amenities include indoor and outdoor swimming pools, special concept spa center, tennis, basketball, football fields, and private beach. Moreover, the hotel will offer mini club, lunapark, and aquapark facilities. Vogue Hotel Bodrum will have 2000 sqm Convention Center and will offer meeting rooms in different sizes.

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IHG Launches Booking Websites in Russian and Turkish

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has announced the launch of its Russian and Turkish language websites. Building on a history of online innovations - the launch of the two new sites means IHG now supports online booking websites in 13 different languages. The launch of Russian and Turkish language booking sites are part of IHG’s strategy to meet the needs of a growing number of global consumers who are adopting online and mobile channels to research and book travel.

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) – one of the world’s largest hotel companies - has announced the launch of its Russian and Turkish language websites. Building on a history of online innovations - the launch of the two new sites means IHG now supports online booking websites in 13 different languages. The launch of Russian and Turkish language booking sites are part of IHG’s strategy to meet the needs of a growing number of global consumers who are adopting online and mobile channels to research and book travel. According to Michael Menis, VP, Web & Interactive Marketing for IHG, “The rise in Internet bookings in these

The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul Sweeps its Guests off Their Feet!

The Ritz-Carlton, Istanbul commences a new service for its Club-floor-guests to make them feel special. Through this new service, the guests can tour Istanbul with Fiat 500 cabriolet cars during their period of stay. The RitzCarlton, Istanbul, brings an innovation which will sweep its Club floor guests off their feet. White Cabriolet Fiat 500 cars, parked in front of the hotel, are put into service for the guests- free of charge and in certain times of the day.

Guests coming to Istanbul for business or travel purposes make reservations to Concierge Club before their arrival.

Cars which can be used for max.4 hours by the guests have GPS system and a mobile phone which only can call the hotel.

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countries is due to many factors, including the impact of social media, an increase in the number of young people who are more willing to shop online and the wider availability of the internet and level of web service in these areas. The launch of these languages builds on IHG’s feeder market strategy and will further contribute to hotel growth in Russia and Turkey. “ “We are an insight driven business and it’s important our brands are where our guests need them to be and can access them easily,” said Menis. “For Russia and Turkey, this means responding to the fact that web and mobile are becoming increasingly popular as booking channels in these markets. These two new website launches are part of a long term strategy to ensure our guests are able to book our brands at their convenience – benefiting from our Best Price Guarantee as part of the Book With Us Advantage.” This launch builds on a rich legacy of innovation when it comes to online booking capabilities. IHG was the first hotel to make online booking possible in 1995 and the first to launch the “Lowest Internet Rate Guarantee” in 2002. At the end of 2011 IHG launched Best Price Guarantee – the most powerful website guarantee in the industry. IHG plans to continue to expand its global reach and impact with additional language websites in the future.

Newest Renaissance Hotel Debuts in Istanbul

city where rich history and sublime architecture can be enjoyed alongside eclectic culture, arts and nightlife.

Turkey offers tremendous opportunity for development, and we see huge potential for continued growth across all of our brands here.” The Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel features a rooftop bar boasting incredible city views, a lobby bar, bistro and all-day Marriott International, Inc today dining restaurant with outdoor terrace celebrates the opening of its ninth serving Mediterranean cuisine with hotel in Turkey, the 212-room Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus Hotel Turkish specialties. For leisure and operating under a franchise agreement relaxation, there is a state-of-the-art fitness centre including an indoor pool, with Polat Holding A.S. Offering stunning views of Istanbul’s celebrated sauna, steam room and Turkish bath.

The 212 sophisticated guestrooms and Bosphorus, the magnificent 20-story suites boast magnificent Bosphorus Renaissance Istanbul Bosphorus views, luxury bedding and latest Hotel is located on the European technologies. Flexible meeting space, side of Istanbul, in Besiktas, midway including a vast ballroom divisible into between the areas of Taksim and three, caters for all manner of meeting Levent. The hotel is ideally situated and social events. “Renaissance Hotels just moments from Bosphorus’ main are known throughout the world for boat harbor and within easy reach of creating authentic travel experiences the city’s cultural gems such as Saint Sophia Museum, Sultanahmet Mosque that offer guests a sense of discovery,” added McPherson. “Istanbul is a and Topkapi Palace that helped earn premier cultural destination, making it Istanbul ‘European Capital of Culture’ a perfect fit for our Renaissance Hotels status in 2010. “We are excited to brand.” The Renaissance Istanbul open this magnificent new addition Bosphorus Hotel joins eight existing to our Renaissance Hotels portfolio properties in Marriott International’s in Europe,” said Amy McPherson, portfolio in Turkey, including the newly president and managing director opened JW Marriott Hotel Ankara and for Marriott International in Europe.

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Two New Deluxe Hotels in Bodrum for Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts’ portfolio in Turkey is being expanded with two new deluxe hotels: a beach resort and a city resort in Bodrum. In addition to Istanbul, Ankara and Izmir, Bodrum will become another important feature destination in the Turkish market for this international hotel group with Swiss roots.

The two new properties are scheduled to open in 2013 and 2014. Swissôtel’s future beach resort lies directly on the waterfront in Turgutreis, approximately 20 kilometres from the centre of Bodrum. The main two-storey hotel comprises 66 rooms and suites offering at least 40m2 per room, complemented by villas and duplex terraces in front, which house 72 residences that are 85 – 274m2 in size. Rounding off the offering are indoor and outdoor pools, Pürovel Spa & Sport, a wide variety of sport opportunities and various restaurants. The Bodrum city project of Swissôtel is located in the hills of Bodrum, with a fascinating panoramic view over the city. 56 elegant rooms and suites, 45 private residences, three restaurants and Pürovel Spa & Sport will be available to all guests. The centre of Bodrum is 10 minutes from the hotel and the airport is just 20 minutes away. “Our hotel group has had a presence in Turkey for

over 20 years, establishing an excellent reputation,” says Meinhard Huck, President Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts. “Both holiday resorts in Bodrum are the perfect addition to our existing hotels in this very important market.” Thanks to its location and the warm Mediterranean climate of the Aegean coast, Bodrum is very popular with both tourists and locals.

Many families from Istanbul and Ankara have a summer home here and consider the city their holiday residence.

Bodrum offers ideal conditions for surfing, diving and all other water sports. Thanks to strict guidelines, building construction in Bodrum is limited to two storeys, which makes the city stand out from other tourist destinations in Turkey. The Greek island Kos is just a half hour away by boat. The owner and developer of the project is Çagdaş Holding, advised by one of the world’s leading hospitality consultancies, Servotel Corporation. Both projects will be designed by internationally recognized architect Gokhan Avcıoglu (GA architects), who won several design awards in 2011. “We are happy to see our vision to diversify into luxury hotels internationally unfold with two world class properties in the fastest growing resort destination in Turkey”, says Cağdaş Çağlar, Vice President of Çağdaş Holding. “We are also happy to progress in this venture with our brand partner, Swissôtel Hotels & Resorts, representing quality, professionalism and excellent recognition both in the Turkish and international markets.”

Divan Istanbul City received TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence Divan Istanbul City has qualified for the “Certificate of Excellence” based on the user evaluations of the world’s most popular travel site, TripAdvisor.

“TripAdvisor has become the world’s largest travel site by recognizing the power of traveler feedback and today we’re proud to recognize Divan Istanbul City for earning exceptional traveler ratings over the past year” said Christine Petersen, President of TripAdvisor for Business.

The Certificate of Excellence honors business that consistently earns top ratings from Tripadvisor Travelers.

With a rating of 4.0, Divan Istanbul City has earned a place among the very best. This award, which is given only to the most exceptional performers in TripAdvisor’s global business community, is a significant achievement deserving of recognition from both travelers and staff.

Centrally located in the centre of Istanbul’s modern business district, the Divan Istanbul City has been specifically designed with the needs of the executive traveller in mind and is designed to provide guests with an optimal combination of convenience, comfort and superior facilities.

Combining clean, modern style with a functionally elegant approach to accommodations, the Divan Istanbul City offers business and leisure travellers warm, friendly efficient service and outstanding value-for-money.

The Istanbul city centre hotel provides an outstandingly central location, just 20 minutes to Istanbul Atatürk International Airport with easy access to ring roads, the Bosphorus Bridge leading to the Asian side of Istanbul. It is also located in a major public transit hub, just two-minutes from the metro and dozens of municipal bus routes. The central hotel in Istanbul is also convenient to Istanbul’s best shopping at the Cevahir Shopping Center, which is the second largest in Europe, the award-winning Kanyon Shopping Center, featuring the world’s top luxury brands,

as well as the Profilo and Metrocity shopping centres. Its central location also means that the Divan Istanbul City also offers easy access to the Taksim Square culture and nightlife district as well as the historic sites of the Old City.

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Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) will be held in Bandar Lampung For the second consecutive year, Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) will be held in Bandar Lampung, the capital of Lampung province on the southern tip of Sumatra, on 9 – 12 October 2012 at Graha Wangsa. Staging in its 18th years, TIME is organized by the Indonesian Tourism Council supported by Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy of Indonesia and the entire tourism components in Indonesia. The Chairwoman and Steering Committee of TIME 2012, Meity Robot, said that TIME is an event for tourism industrial players and their supporting industries in Indonesia to promote tourism products and services in the country to international market. TIME is held periodically so that buyers can see the potential market of Indonesia and promote new tourism products in their respective markets.

“We encourage tourism industrial players and their supporting industries in Indonesia to participate at TIME 2012 and take benefit in this travel mart. TIME 2012 will present all travel destinations in Indonesia, including popular travel destination, tourism attractions, and development of new products, to enable all regions within Indonesia to optimize their tourism potentials” said Meity.

Director General of Marketing of the Ministry of Tourism & Creative Economy of Indonesia, Sapta Nirwandar, who is also Vice Minister, said Lampung was selected host of Tourism Indonesia Mart & Expo (TIME) as the province has significant tourism potentials. “From the tourism aspect, Lampung is very potential to be developed, not only due to its close access to Jakarta but also its richness of its flora, fauna, culture, and culinary. After hosting TIME for the second time, I hope Lampung could establish itself as international tourism destination and encourage investors to develop hotels and other tourism products in the region,” said Sapta.

Prior to the event, the provincial government of Lampung will

hold a number cultural events, namely Tapis (woven cloth) Carnival, the 22nd Krakatau Festival the biggest cultural parade participated by all regencies in Lampung, Cultural Arts Performances from 20 provinces of Indonesia, and a tour to Mount Krakatau Tour. “We are inviting all tourism industrial components in Lampung to make TIME 2012 a success with better organization than last year,” Gatot concluded.

Held last year in Bandar Lampung, TIME 2011 attracted total attendants of 77 buyers from 27 countries, with top five buyers consisting of the Netherlands, India, Singapore, USA, Indonesia, Korea, and Singapore. TIME 2011 also attracted a total of 84 sellers from 64 companies from various provinces in Indonesia, dominated by Jakarta, Bali, Central Java, Yogyakarta, West Java, East Java, Lampung, North Sumatera, Central Sulawesi, and West Nusa Tenggara. The percentage of sellers based on the industry is Hotel, Resort & Spa (75%), NTO (10%), Tour Operators/Travel Agents (7%), Adventure/Activity Holiday (3%), Airline (1.5%), and others (Hotel Management, Tourism Board, Tourism Organizations & Travel Portals (8.5%).

TIME is the only international travel mart in Indonesia with a B to B concept, matching those who sell Indonesian tourism products and services with international buyers. TIME has been listed in international travel mart calendar together with ITB Berlin, WTM London, Arabian Travel Mart (ATM), PATA Travel Mart, and so on.

TIME 2012 is supported by the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy of Indonesia, the Provincial Government of Lampung, and the travel and tourism industry in Indonesia, namely Garuda Indonesia as Official Airline, Association of the Indonesian Tours & Travel Agencies (ASITA) Lampung, Indonesian Conference and Convention Association (INCCA), Indonesia Hotel and Restaurant Association (PHRI) Lampung, and Pacto Convex as the event organizer. TIME 2012 is also supported by national and international media.

IGTM 2012 Expects Record Business in Algarve, Portugal The International Golf Travel Market is the premier event for the golf travel industry. Over 600 golf tourism suppliers join 350 pre-qualified buyers and 100 international press for four days of pre-scheduled appointments, networking opportunities and industry updates. In 2012, IGTM will be held in Algarve, Portugal. Even before IGTM’s official opening, the annual Golf Tournament kicks off the networking opportunities and is a starting point for not only 3 days of intense business and appointments, but also social functions. These highlight the best the host destination has to offer and give you the opportunity to meet new and existing clients across the golf tourism sector.

International Golf Travel Market 2012 (IGTM), the premier global event for golf tourism will generate a record amount of business in Algarve, Portugal with more buyers and exhibitors attending than ever before. The event, which takes place from 12th – 15th November, will see buyers and exhibitors conduct business from more than 50 countries through pre-scheduled appointments and networking opportunities. With more than 250 buyers registered from 38 countries, a 19% increase on 2011, the ratio of buyers to sellers for IGTM 2012 will enable more pre-scheduled appointments to take place generating record business opportunities. IGTM, which is now 75% sold out, will welcome a strong representation of exhibitors from Ireland, Tunisia and Brazil together with other destinations across Europe, Asia and Americas. Among the first-time exhibitors are Pebble Beach Resorts, USA, the iconic Californian golf destination and five-time venue of the US Open Championship. IGTM Exhibition Manager, Peter Grimster, said: “This year’s IGTM looks set to break all records. We are on course for the largest ever

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attendance, and the ratio of buyers to sellers is set ideally for destinations to optimise business with golf tour operators during the four days. “More than 250 buyers are already confirmed, including leading international tour operators Golfbreaks.com, Thomas Cook, Golf Plasir and Kuoni Golfreisen.” Peter Grimster continued: “The unique format of IGTM, with its pre-scheduled appointments, puts a strong focus on doing business, and we continue to look to innovate and enhance business and networking opportunities during the event. I have no doubt that the business opportunities combined with the quality, accessibility and popularity of our host destination, the Algarve, Portugal, will make this the best IGTM yet.” The Algarve Tourism Board, which previously hosted IGTM in 1999, is also anticipating great interest in the event and the region, which has been an established golf travel destination for more than 30 years.

António Ventura Pina, President of the Algarve Tourism Board, said: “The Algarve is one of the top golf destinations in Europe and one of the best in the world, with many of our 32 golf courses recognised and awarded for their excellence. Approximately half of all Portugal’s golf courses are in the Algarve, with 15% of tourism revenues in the region derived from golf, so it is an important sector of our economy. “Naturally, the expectation for IGTM is high with the golf tourism market demanding a new business approach for product and sales strategy, resulting in enhanced performance. For this reason, it is of great significance for the Algarve to host IGTM and create the ideal conditions for a successful business event.” This is the 15th edition of IGTM and each year the event brings together more than 600 golf tourism suppliers, 350 pre-qualified buyers and 100 international media for four days of pre-scheduled appointments, networking opportunities and industry updates.

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Hotel Seminars at WTM to Feature Key Industry Speakers

Some of the hotel industry’s most knowledgeable and experienced leaders will be sharing their expertise at a number of hotelfocused seminars at this year’s World Travel Market 2012, the leading global event for the travel industry. The event, which runs from Monday 5 November to Thursday 8 November, is well known for the quality of its seminars which cover numerous topics related to the industry, including airlines, cruise and responsible tourism. With the quality of speakers confirmed to appear at WTM 2012, organisers are confident that delegates choosing to attend sessions will be richly rewarded. Speaking on ongoing economic issues and how best to beat them on Tuesday 6 November, Hilton Worldwide Senior Vice President Development Europe and Africa Patrick Fitzgibbon has 15 years experience working for Hilton Worldwide and leads a team of more than 24 hotel and property development experts. He will be joined by Institute of Hospitality President Sir David Michels, a role he was appointed to in February this year having accrued more than 40 years in the hotel industry, working for brands including Hilton International and Stakis. Nor is Sir David the only senior Institute of Hospitality, which is organising the programme, speaker booked for WTM 2012. Its Chief Executive Philippe Rossiter will be drawing on nearly 10 years of experience in the role when he discusses Risk Management on Tuesday 6 November. The Risk Management

seminar will be strengthened by Oxford Brookes University Strategy Risk Management Senior Lecturer Dr Alex Paraskevas who has spent more than 18 years in the academic world after working for more than a decade for Marriott Hotels and Resorts.

A seminar focusing on customer service and the ongoing battle to retain customer loyalty on Wednesday 7 November will feature Guoman and Thistle Hotels Managing Director Heiko Figge who is responsible for 37 hotels in the UK. Meanwhile Ecole Hoteliere in Lausanne Deputy Director of INTEHL, the Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Ian Millar will be predicting the future of marketing in 2020 in a session on Wednesday 7 November. In doing so he will be drawing both on his present work at the hotel school but his past experience working on the Board of Directors for Hospitality Financial and Technology Professionals. A final seminar for the hotel industry, also on Wednesday 7 November, will focus on hotel design, and consider issues including the cost of building sustainable hotels and whether or not hotels are too over designed these days. Reed Travel Exhibitions Director World Travel Market Simon Press said: “The success of these seminars not only depends on the wide range of relevant topics that we choose to discuss but also the calibre of speakers we invite to attend. “We are delighted to have been able to attract so many industry experts to speak at WTM 2012 and are confident that their knowledge and insight will make these seminars absolute musts for anyone with an interest in the hotel industry to attend.”

Discover More Fun in the Philippines at PTM2012 The Department of Tourism and Tourism Promotions Board of the Philippines have created exclusive tour itineraries for delegates attending the PATA Travel Mart (PTM2012) in Manila, Philippines, September 25-28. The tours are either complimentary or discounted. Each one gives an in-depth insight into the natural resources, heritage, culture – and fun – of the Philippines. PATA CEO, Martin J Craigs, said: “It is exciting for PATA to return to Manila, the birthplace of the first ever PATA Travel Mart in 1978. PTM is a great platform to showcase its national campaign, It’s more fun in the Philippines. After the Mart, we want buyers, sellers and media get out and about and experience the many wonderful things that the Philippines have to offer.” Delegates can enjoy a pre-complimentary half-day tour to visit Old and New Manila. On the Old Manila tour delegates

can visit Rizal Park, historic Fort Santiago, a Spanish bastion which became famous during World War II as a prison and which contains the memorabilia of the country’s national hero, Dr Jose Rizal; Intramuros, the original city founded by the Spaniards centuries ago; and the National Museum, which features natural history exhibits and pre-historic Philippine ethnic collections.

The New Manila tour will visit Nayong Pilipino for a showcase of different breeds of orchids and to watch a cultural presentation by the lagoon featuring Muslim dances. After which, the tour proceeds to a tour of New Manila and the business district, Makati. After that, the New Manila tour visits Ayala Museum, which houses handcrafted dioramas which chronicle Philippine history from the time of the earliest Filipino settlements to the Spanish and American colonial periods, and the national struggle for independence.

Reed Travel Exhibitions launches ILTM Africa Reed Travel Exhibitions, organiser of the leading luxury travel events International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM), ILTM Asia, and ILTM Americas has announced the launch of the first luxury travel event to focus exclusively on Africa - ILTM Africa. Taking place in Cape Town, April 2013, the event will follow ILTM’s successful format of selecting the most discerning luxury travel agents and specialists to meet directly with Africa’s diverse range of luxury travel suppliers. Whilst the product will be totally devoted to Africa, buyers will come from it’s biggest markets around the world including USA, Brazil and Europe. To comply with ILTM’s policy of pre-qualifying both buyers and exhibitors, each of the buyers and suppliers invited to attend will be accredited for participation in ILTM Africa. Pre-scheduled appointments will be arranged on a strict one-to-one ratio. Commenting on the company’s first Africa launch, Alison Gilmore ILTM Exhibition Director said “Reed has been exploring opportunities in Africa for sometime and because of the sheer size of the continent, the diversity of its

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luxury travel offering with natural beauty, world-class facilities, adventure and wildlife experiences, it makes sense to take our global brand, already on 3 continents, to a new one, Africa. “From the day we launched ILTM Americas earlier this year, we sold out within a matter of weeks and with the debut event opening on 1st October, there will be a wait list of companies who will ensure substantial growth for the event in 2013, we fully expect ILTM Africa to have the same support”. “Africa offers it all for the luxury traveller - exotic locations, stunning properties and unique experiences. Where else can you watch the phenomenon that is Tanzania’s wildebeest migration? watch hippos from a canoe as you glide down the Zambezi, trek the mighty mountain gorillas of Rwanda, or enjoy the varying splendour of Africa’s mother city, Cape Town? It is fitting that Africa now has a platform with ILTM to showcase its wonders and diversity. ILTM has been the pioneer of luxury travel forums, matching buyers and suppliers in a highly professional and successful environment” says Frances Geoghegan, Managing Director of Africa Travel UK. “ILTM coming to Cape Town will be of great benefit to the whole of the African travel industry.” Added Geoghegan.

European Tourism Trends & Prospects in 2012 In the first half of 2012 European travel has exhibited some resilience in the face of the weak and uncertain global economic environment. The European Travel Commission (ETC) has just published its second quarterly report on European Tourism in 2012 - Trends & Prospects. Air travel continues to show some encouraging signs, with European airline passenger growth around 6% through mid-June while load factors have strengthened. The global economy is restrained by government austerity and a softening in export demand with leading indicators suggesting most major economies are slowing. In response to deteriorating economic conditions, global central banks have lowered interest rates. This uncertain economic backdrop is not yet causing significant falls in tourism demand, but the trend is of slowing growth. There are signs of mixed

performance and slowing throughout Europe. Hotel data show signs of mixed performance throughout Europe. While Central and Eastern European destinations have performed well, a significant number of Southern European destinations have recorded falls in hotel occupancy during the first half of the year. Overall, a moderation in hotel occupancy rates in most European sub-regions is apparent. Latvia recorded highest with 14.9 percent increase of international arrivals year to date by March. Latvia also tops in international nights with 17.8 percent increase. Poland follows Latvia with 14 percent in international arrivals. Serbia with 15 percent and Spain with 14.7 percent follows Latvia in international nights. In hotel performance, Iceland (18.7% ytd), Russia (7.3% ytd) and Poland (6.6% ytd) tops the listing. Turkey with (-0.3% ytd) ranked at 12th place. Tourism arrivals data for the first half of 2012 reveal an uneven picture of growth in the major European source markets. Meanwhile, Russia continues to be a star performer, with strong growth in all markets. While demand in Japan continues to recover, the struggle for US market share continues.

Exposing competitive advantages to the professional public attending the largest and most important business fair in Latin America; ABAV – The Tourism Fair of the Americas is key for private companies and public agencies in the travel and tourism industry. In addition to tourism operators, airlines, technology companies, assistance card companies, car rental companies, road transport companies, hotel networks, resorts, theme parks, convention centers, sea cruises and other links of the sector´s extensive production chain, national and international tourist destinations stand out at the 2012 ABAV – The Tourism Fair of the Americas. The event´s 40th edition, which will be held from October 24 to 26 at Riocentro (RJ), will gather the major players of the market, with a confirmed record high participation of more than 50 countries competing for the preference of the increasing demand for leisure and business trips. In this unique scenario, capable of mobilizing a professional public of more than 23,000 visitors working in travel agencies, who wish to stay up-to-date to provide excellence services to their customers (of various profiles), the strong presence of public agencies that encourage and promote tourism must be highlighted. Competent public authorities invest in the event as a high-impact promotional action, motivated by the expansion of the consumer base in the domestic market, caused by the economic policy that democratizes the access of the so-called emerging mid-class to tourism, or caused by Brazil´s exposure in the media due to the World Cup and the Olympics. Seeking to win tourists through their cuisine, destinations like Bahia, for instance, expand and innovate their participation by sponsoring one of the various Aldeias dos Sabores [Flavor Villages] included in the redesigned layout of the fair, conceived for the typical high-quality

regional gastronomic options. “It will be the industry´s largest and best fair of all times held in Rio de Janeiro”. The words of Antonio Azevedo, president of the Brazilian Travel Agencies Association – ABAV, perfectly summarize the expectation of those who will have the opportunity to be part of and check the exhibitions in the three halls of the Convention Center.

ABAV – The Tourism Fair of the Americas will be filled with novelties, occupying a total area of 45,000 square meters.

ABAV will introduce the Espaço Corporativo [Corporate Space] in a partnership with the Brazilian Business Travel Association (Abracorp), which turns over more than R$25 billion per year in the business travel segment. This initiative attracts Convention Bureaux interested in presenting the infrastructure installed in their respective cities to the more than 600 Brazilian and foreign hosted buyers, with the purpose of hosting corporate events of various sizes, formats and segments.

Other unparalleled initiatives, such as the creation of the Espaço Empreendedor [Entrepreneur Space]; training sections at Vila do Saber [Knowledge Village], and Business Rounds in partnership with SEBRAE, contribute to encourage commercial and qualification activities, such as the promotion of an international seminar on LGBT consumption, organized

by ITB Berlin – the world´s largest tourism fair and a partner of ABAV. The repercussion of ABAV – The Tourism Fair of the Americas also gains renewed attention from the global press. Within less than 24 hours after the beginning of the accreditation period for communication vehicles interested in covering the event, the organization received more than 120 registrations from reporters, bloggers and freelance journalists from domestic and foreign vehicles, major press and tourism trade. Last year, approximately 500 media professionals were present, but this figure is expected to increase by at least 30%.

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Aegean Yacht Rally 2012 by Setur Marinas

The 6th edition of International Aegean Yacht Rally, organized

by Setur Marinas, between July 17- August 3, 2012.Rally started from the Kuşadası Marina.

The Aegean Yacht Rally is an international yachting event that takes place every 2 years since the year 2000, cruising along the routes between Turkish coastline and Greek Islands, aiming to introduce Aegean Sea to the yachsmen, support amateur yachting and improve the relations, friendship and cooperation between Greece and Turkey. This year Yacht Rally took place with the participation of

40 boats. Setur General Manager Üstün Özbey said, “We are proud to organize this event not only because it is a social and cultural dimensioned event that contributes Turkish tourism but also it enhances knowledge and experiences of participants.

The rally which started with an opening cocktail on July 16th night at Kuşadası Marina. Yachts that dragged anchor on July 17 from Kusadası, followed route Samos, Ikaria, Mykonos, Kea, Athens, Kythnos, Paros, Amargos, Astipalia, Kos, and Symi. On August 3rd, the race finished at Bozburum.

SETUR Announced a New Product “Sedventure”

SETUR, Turkey’s leading tour operator launched a new brand on Wednesday at a special ceremony held at the Rahmi Koç Museum.

The new brand; Sedventure will provide a luxurious safari adventure with the guidance of renowned professional wildlife photographer and author Süha Derbent. The honorary President of Koç Holding, Rahmi Koç welcomed guests at the ceremony. Üstün Özbey, General Director of Setur, said, “It is a unique chance for people who want to experience natural treasures all around the world. It will be an unforgettable adventure for travelers visiting Africa, Antarctica, Thailand or Mexico.” Rahmi Koç said he was also planning to join one of the tours, as he had never experienced anything similar before. The first safari tour of Sedventure organized between 19-26 August to Kenya Photo Safari tour

with Süha Derbent.Program was Nairobi (2 days), Masai Mara (3 days), and Nakuru (2 days).

Partnership with ABC Turizm & Anixe Polska Conso, sister company of Anixe Polska, has strengthened its European network after signing a new partnership agreement with ABC Turizm, a travel company based in Turkey. ABC Turizm, deploys anixe’s leading reservation platform Resfinity Hotel and this allows to further expand their offer and provide competitive pricing. ABC Turizm will distribute this cutting-edge Internet Booking Engine to its affiliates, clients and corporations throughout Turkey. anixe’s Resfinity Hotel solution offers more than 180,000 unique hotel properties

in over 210 countries worldwide. It delivers in a single feed available hotel rates and hand-picked descriptions from wide range of wholesalers such as GTA, Tourico, Jactravel, Travco, Hotelbeds, Sidetours, On Holiday Group, Kuoni, Valadis, Miki, and many more. Offers are continuously expanded, to provide the most comprehensive source of hotel rate information globally. anixe’s solution is available via Xml or through cuttingedge IBE (Internet Booking Engine). It is a hosted application with a guaranteed uptime of 99.98% yearly.

The biggest city network, AngloINFO Istanbul, started to broadcast in Turkey, aimed at expats-people living abroad by guiding all kinds of topics of daily life. AngloINFO which makes the pole to pole foreigners’ life easy, ensuring them support and information related to their living cities’, has started to offer service with its exclusive portal. Being formed in order to ease the life of people living abroad, AngloINFO, the biggest city and communication network of the World, has been performing service for 11 years, operating in many countries in the World with its 60 regional and 27 national portals. All kinds of information, the foreigners do need, take place in AngloINFO İstanbul. Pelin Kadılar brought AngloINFO into Turkey, which became the favourite communication and support network for the foreigners’ living in İstanbul. She informs: “AngloINFO

Istanbul gives access to much information according to many requirements such as health, transportation, shopping, renting a house , moving, finance, education, sport, food, car rental, tour, event and firm. We believe that it will be the most important information and communication resource in a short span of time for the expats in our country. We are pleased to the interest up to now. At short notice we extended our content, day by day we will be presenting a richer content”.

Thousands of firms use fast growing AngloINFO, intending to reach the expats living in Istanbul. AngloINFO, with its fast growing number of followers, has over 86 million pages at world age on display. 200 thousand (Two hundred thousand) firms take place in the guide of AngloINFO, having more than 2,5 million visitors over the World. In Turkey, since April until now, close to two thousand English spoken firms introduce the product and services per AngloINFO, so as to reach the foreigners. For more information about AngloINFO Istanbul, you can visit the website www.istanbul.angloinfo.com

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ABTA Reveals Latest Speaker for the 2012 Travel Convention in Turkey

With only three months to go until The 2012 Travel Convention, ABTA is delighted to reveal today the latest of the key speakers who will be appearing in Belek, Turkey. Graham Cooke CEO and founder of web analytics company QuBit, joins Kevin Sheehan CEO of Norwegian Cruise Line, Baroness Susan Greenfield the first female director of the Royal Institute, and leading consumer trend expert William Higham, who will all be giving their expert advice and views and how to attract and retain the consumers of today and the future in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Graham Cooke founded QuBit, a new breed of web analytics company, two years ago. The company approaches analytics from a customer perspective, with a complete focus on structuring data to create actionable results and drive business growth - arguably Big Data’s trickiest challenge. Graham will explain how you can improve routes to market through having greater customer intelligence. He will provide advice for the travel sector as well as his experience gained from other industries on how to connect, harness and engage with customers to suit their ever evolving tastes, needs and expectations.

Kevin Sheehan CEO and President of Norwegian Cruise Line

will discuss the importance of enhanced customer service initiatives in the midst of a tough economic climate. He will also touch upon his appearance on the US version of TV show ‘Undercover Boss’ and the customer service lessons learned.

Sheehan’s personal philosophy of leading by example has allowed him to reinvigorate the organisation by opening lines of communication and creating a positive corporate culture.

Baroness Susan Greenfield CBE is a British scientist, writer and broadcaster, specialising in the physiology of the brain. In her Convention presentation, Susan will offer her thoughts on how the human brain has evolved to adapt to our environment, and how the screen culture of the 21st century is changing us in unprecedented ways. How will the next generation think and feel – and what will this mean for the travel industry of the future? William Higham is one of Britain’s leading consumer trend authorities. He is an expert in interpreting research and a skilled predictor of change across a range of industries, William will talk about the customer of tomorrow, and how behavioural shifts will impact sales, marketing and creative departments moving forward. William will highlight what will or won’t work in tomorrow’s marketplace. For full convention and booking details go to www.thetravelconvention.com

Demand for Airbnb has More than Doubled in Turkey Airbnb, the world’s leading marketplace to list, discover and book unique accommodations, announced on the heels of their recent 10 million guest nights booked milestone, that it is also seeing recent record growth in Turkey. Turkey has become one of the fastest growing markets for Airbnb in Europe. In the last three months, the amount of bookings in Turkey has more than doubled. While the amount of available properties for travelers to book in the country has increased over 20%, the number of hosts has increased by 25%. Over 60,000 nights have been booked through Airbnb in Turkey. Providing a unique experience for travelers all around the world, Airbnb also creates the easiest way for people to monetize their extra space and showcase it to an audience of millions. The site has become one of the ways for Turkish people to participate directly in the country’s tourism industry while showcasing typical Turkish hospitality. Since Airbnb has been founded four years ago hosts in Turkey have earned more than 4 million Turkish Lira through the site. But hosts in Turkey aren’t the only ones using the site more, travelers in Turkey have more than doubled their bookings abroad. “Airbnb is bringing people around the globe together like nobody has before,” said Nate Blacharczyk, co-founder of Airbnb and Chief Technical Officer. “We see huge potential to grow our community in Turkey and are excited to expand the benefits of the sharing economy to people throughout the country.” Airbnb is growing at full speed all around the world. This time last year, the company had one office in San Francisco and had yet to reach 2 million guest nights booked.

In winter 2012, Airbnb reached the 5 million nights booked threshold and expanded to 10 offices around the globe. Now, only five months after reaching 5 million, Airbnb has reached 10 million guest nights booked, effectively doubling in size and cementing its status as the market leader worldwide.

Today every 2 seconds around that world, one of the houses and apartments, boats, tipis, igloos, trains, lighthouses and many other options are booked through the site. In addition to 10 million nights booked, more highlights of the company’s

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growth include: Airbnb now also lists over 200,000 active, bookable properties worldwide. Airbnb capacity is now large enough to accommodate over 7,000 in Turkey. Airbnb offers unique travel experiences in more than 25.000 cities and 192 countries. In Turkey specifically, more than 60,000 nights have been booked. In response to incredible global demand, in January the company opened offices in London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Copenhagen, and Moscow, and the company now boasts over 95,000 listings in Europe alone. Airbnb also opened its South American hub in São Paulo in April, and now lists nearly 20,000 properties across Central and South America. Airbnb has grown at an unprecedented velocity: In 2008, once per day, a night of travel was booked on Airbnb.

In 2009, every five minutes a night of travel was booked on Airbnb. In 2010, every minute a night of travel was booked on Airbnb. In 2011, every 10 seconds a night of travel was booked on Airbnb. And now, in 2012, every two seconds a night of travel is booked on Airbnb. In the time it took you to read this, someone booked a week’s vacation on Airbnb.

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Passenger Traffic Posts Strong Gains at 5% Growth Year Over Year

Global passenger markets remain buoyant with growth of almost 5% year over year for the first half of 2011 and for June 2012.

While certain domestic markets have slowed in North America (+0.8%), Europe (-0.3%) and Africa (-2.4%), international passenger traffic has shown strong growth in June. Africa (+19.2%) and the Middle East (+13.9%) recovered from the sharp declines in traffic in 2011 brought on by the Arab Spring. Asia-Pacific also posted double-digit gains in international passenger traffic at +12.3%. With business confidence in a fragile state, freight traffic has been relatively

sluggish in the first half of 2012 declining by -1 percent.

Nevertheless, an overall gain of +1 percent year over year was observed in June 2012. While leading freight hubs in Asia rebounded from several months of traffic declines, many key freight hubs in North America continue to experience declines in freight traffic. Although Memphis (MEM), North America’s major freight airport, achieved growth of +3%, eight of the top ten major freight airports in the United States saw declines in traffic. Domestic freight volumes in Europe were also stagnant with a decline of -1%. Conversely, freight traffic increased in the Middle East and Latin America-Caribbean by +9.2% and +3.7% respectively. ACI World’s Economics Director Rafael Echevarne commented, “Whilst overall growth is relatively uniform and stable across passenger markets from month to month, the freight market is more heterogeneous across various regions. Burgeoning markets in the Middle East and Latin America-Caribbean are less encumbered by the slowdown that is sweeping across other regions. Though the economic outlook is ominous for many major economies, emerging markets continue to be, fuelled by their strong domestic demand, and persevere despite these downside risks.”

Turkish Airlines Adds Sharm El Sheikh, Maldives, Kinshasa and Sabha to its Network August 27th, 2012 with 4 roundtrip flights per week.

Already having the world’s 7th largest flight network and Introductory flying to 199 flight destinations, Turkish Airlines nonetheless round trip fares continues to expand. Later this year Turkish Airlines will are available add two of the world’s most popular destinations for leisure travelers: Sharm El Sheikh (Egypt) and the Maldives. Beginning from Istanbul to Kinshasa October 9th, 2012, roundtrip flights between Istanbul starting from and Sharm El Sheikh will be operated 4 times per week.

457 Euros Introductory round trip fares are available from Istanbul to (including taxes Sharm El Sheikh starting from 159 Euros (including taxes and and fees). Sabha fees). On November 24th, 2012, Istanbul-Maldives flights will be inaugurated and operate 5 times weekly. Introductory round (Libya) will be added on September 2nd, 2012 with the 3 services per week. trip fares are also available from Istanbul to Maldives starting Introductory round trip fares are available from Istanbul to from 711 Euros (including taxes and fees). Kinshasa, capital Sabha starting from 249 Euros (including taxes and fees). of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, will be launched on

Aegean Voted as Best Regional Airline Aegean Airlines achieved a remarkable success at the 2012 World Airline Awards, with air travellers again voting Aegean Airlines as Best Regional Airline in Europe.

The Survey, conducted by global aviation research organization SKYTRAX, polled over 18 million business and leisure air travellers from 100 countries, with the winners of these passenger’s choice awards announced at the Farnborough Airshow, UK on 12th July 2012. “For the third time in four years, Aegean Airlines customers have ensured that the airline achieves its deserved recognition by winning the award for the Best Regional Airline in Europe. This repeat result is an excellent achievement and Aegean Airlines should be proud of this customer recognition of quality consistency. Aegean Airlines continues to be a favourite amongst passengers and it

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is very noteworthy that it has also maintained its place in the top-25 global airlines,” said Edward Plaisted, CEO of SKYTRAX. Dimitris Gerogiannis, CEO of Aegean Airlines stated: “It is the third time in a span of four years that passengers have honored us with the award for Best Regional Airline in Europe.

The consistency and repetition of this award is the best recognition of the high standards greek tourism can provide especially during these times and that is something that fills us with pride. I would like to thank everyone at Aegean for their everyday efforts and of course our passengers for their continued trust and support. It is more important than ever to prove that Greece, its companies and its people deserve such awards.” Air travellers were surveyed by telephone, questionnaires and online about their experiences with airlines on the ground and in the air during a 10-month period. The survey measured passenger satisfaction across more than 38 key performance indicators of airline front-line product and service, including check-in, boarding, onboard seat comfort, cabin cleanliness, food, beverages, in-flight entertainment and staff service. The Survey covered 246 airlines, from the largest international airlines to smaller domestic carriers.

Air Astana Increases 2012 First Half Revenues Kazakhstan’s Air Astana saw its revenues grow by 13% to $394 million, matched by a similar increase in passenger numbers, although net profit declined to $4.95 million. Capacity grew by 11% with the addition of an additional Boeing 757-200 and three additional Embraer 190s. Its fleet size now stands at 26 after the retirement of three of its six Fokker 50s, with the remainder due for retirement by January 2013 to be replaced by two additional E190s. The airline will take delivery of 4 new Airbus 320s and 2 new A321s from November 2012 to May 2013, and recently placed an order for four new Boeing 767-300s and three Boeing 787-8s, to be delivered from November 2013 through 2017. “The first half was challenging due to fuel price increases of more than 140% over the same period last year. The first quarter in particular was very tough.” stated Peter Foster, President of Air Astana. “The second half, traditionally our strong period, is looking more promising as fuel prices have come off slightly and cost savings in other areas kick in. All markets with the exception of Europe

continue to grow and we are confident of a 10th straight year of profitability. In particular our ‘extended home market strategy’ of developing routes to and from our near neighbours continues to gather pace. These markets are small but have terrific growth potential. I am also pleased that despite these difficult conditions we have been able to strengthen our product and service reputation, confirmed by the recent Skytrax awards.”

Air Astana Named The Best Airline in Central and South Asia Air Astana was named the Best Airline in Central and South Asia at the 2012 World Airline Awards held at Farnborough Air Show in the UK last week. The World Airline Awards are the primary benchmarking tool for Passenger Satisfaction levels of airlines throughout the world, delivering a unique survey format based on analysis of business and leisure travellers, across all cabin travel types (First Class, Business Class, Premium Economy Class and Economy class). Air travellers were surveyed by telephone, questionnaires and online about their experiences with airlines on

the ground and in the air over a 10 month period. The survey measured passenger satisfaction across more than 38 key performance indicators of airline front-line product and service, including check-in, boarding, onboard seat comfort, cabin cleanliness, food, beverages, in-flight entertainment and staff service. The survey covered over 200 airlines, from the largest international airlines to smaller domestic carriers. During the ceremony, Edward Plaisted, CEO of Skytrax presented the World Airline Award to Peter Foster, President of Air Astana.

Top 10 World Airports in July 2012 Flightstats announced world’s top performing airports for July 2012.

Tokyo’s Haneda outperformed the rest of the world’s busiest airports by 15 percentage points. 5 US and 3 European airports rounded out the top 10 in July. The average on-time departure performance among the top 30 airports in July was 67.30%, down from 71.07% in June 2012.

The top 10 performers among the world’s busiest airports were: 1. HND Tokyo, JP - 95.04% 2. PHX Phoenix, AZ - 80.71% 3. AMS Amsterdam, NL - 79.60% 4. SYD Sydney, AU - 78.55% 5. CLT Charlotte, NC - 78.51% 6. MUC Munich, DE - 78.22% 7. LAX Los Angeles, CA - 77.70% 8. MCO Orlando, FL - 77.00% 9. FRA Frankfurt, DE - 75.74% 10. DFW Dallas, TX - 74.99%

Air Astana Offers Convenient Connection and Fares to Urumqi from Istanbul Air Astana services between Almaty and Urumqi, Western China, will increase from three times a week to daily service with effected from 1st August 2012, whist services from Astana to Urumqi will increase from twice weekly to four times a week with effect from 17th September 2012. Increased frequencies will provide greater connectivity for passengers travelling between Russia, Central Asia, Europe and Urumqi. All eleven weekly services to Urumqi will be operated by Airbus A320 in 16 business class / 132 economy configuration.

By increased services and consequent connectivity we aim to offer a new gateway between Urumqi and our expanding network to Russia, Central Asia, Turkey and Caucasus, ” said Ibrahim Canliel, Air Astana vice president Marketing and Sales. Travelling with Air Astana to Urumqi, passengers can enjoy safe, reliable and comfortable service, which was awarded 4-star airline status and the title of “Best Airline in Central & South Asia” by Skytrax in recent months. The Astana-Urumqi flight takes 2 hours and 20 minutes, while AlmatyUrumqi flight takes 1 hour and 40 minutes.

For passengers from Turkey, Air Astana offers convenient connection time and fares start from 300 Euro return exclusive of tax and surcharges.

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Emirates Inflight Entertainment Wins SKYTRAX Award

For a record-setting eighth consecutive year, Emirates ‘ice’ inflight entertainment system has been awarded the ‘World’s Best Airline Inflight Entertainment’ award at the 2012 SKYTRAX World Airline Awards. The awards are based on voting by over 18 million airline passengers from 100 different nationalities. The award was accepted by Patrick Brannelly, Emirates’ Vice President Corporate Communications Product, Publishing, Digital & Events, at the awards ceremony on 12 July, 2012, at the Farnborough Air Show, UK. Emirates awardwinning Inflight Entertainment (IFE) system, ice Digital Widescreen(‘ice’ stands for information, communications and entertainment), offers a staggering choice of over 1,400 channels of entertainment; including up to 300 movies from around the world, hundreds of TV choices and thousands of music tracks from contemporary to classical. As clear evidence of Emirates’ ongoing commitment to product quality and innovation in providing the industry’s best IFE, in March the airline introduced a new Graphical User Interface (GUI) which makes content and system features easier to navigate via a “swiping” or “scrolling” functionality. Furthermore, passengers aboard Emirates new Boeing 777 aircraft will now be able to enjoy the ice system on larger personal TV screens with high definition (HD) resolution: 27-inch in First Class, 20-inch in Business Class and 12.1 inch in Economy Class; making the latter

the biggest in the world. “Since becoming the first airline to install TVs in every seat on every aircraft back in 1992, Emirates has focused on continually investing in and improving our inflight entertainment experience for our passengers.

To receive the prestigious SKYTRAX ‘World’s Best Airline Inflight Entertainment’ award for the eighth year in a row is not only a testament to our efforts but illustrates our passenger’s appreciation of our ice system; that is the true reward for us,” said Patrick Brannelly, Emirates’ Vice President Corporate Communications Product, Publishing, Digital & Events. “We would like to thank our loyal passengers for choosing Emirates again this year and, as always, we welcome their input and feedback on how we can continue to improve our offerings to ensure they have the best entertainment experience in the air.” “Emirates continues with its long standing winning record in taking this award for the Best Airline Inflight Entertainment for 2012, and they must be very proud of this fantastic customer recognition of their inflight entertainment standards. As an onboard product amenity, inflight entertainment has become a great quality differentiator and continues to grow in importance for customer satisfaction rankings. Emirates clearly remains a favourite airline for this amongst passengers” said Edward Plaisted, CEO of SKYTRAX. Emirates has maintained its industry-leading position by continuously investing in and expanding its entertainment offering; resulting in an incredible range of movies, television and music from around the world.

Emirates has rolled out WiFi internet connection on the entire A380 fleet and has an additional 90 aircraft equipped with the AeroMobile system which allows mobile phone use inflight. To date, over 11.5 million passengers have connected their mobile using the AeroMobile system inflight.

Star Alliance Builds New Lounge at LAX Star Alliance member carrier Air New Zealand has been selected to design and manage the Alliance’s new lounge at Los Angeles International Airport. The creation of this facility has been made possible by the US$ 1.7 billion redevelopment and make-over of the Tom Bradley International Terminal which has been commissioned

by Los Angeles Worldwide Airports. The Los Angeles Lounge will be the first Star Alliance branded lounge to feature a new design concept that will meet the changing needs of today’s traveller and will also introduce a unique local flavour in each location. The Los Angeles lounge, designed by global architectural firm Gensler, will be inspired by a contemporary interpretation of modernist L.A. architecture of the 1950s and 1960s and incorporate defined spaces to suit passenger needs ranging from social gatherings around the bar to quiet time in the library. Mark Schwab, CEO Star Alliance said: “I would like to thank Air New Zealand for accepting the lead role in this project. Over the years the airline has built a reputation

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for unique product innovation. I am confident that this will blend well with our requirements as an alliance to offer a highly attractive lounge experience to our customers as they travel through Los Angeles.” Roger Poulton, Air New Zealand General Manager Americas commented: “We are proud that Star Alliance has entrusted us with such a prestigious project.

We look forward to working with our fellow Star Alliance members and the Alliance organisation to create a new lounge product which will be highly rated by our culturally very diverse customers.” The new lounge is set to open in May 2013 and will replace the existing Star Alliance Lounge which was opened in 2007 as well as the Air New Zealand Koru Lounge in Terminal 2, as the airline will be relocating to the Tom Bradley International Terminal in early 2014. In total, eight Star Alliance member carriers will operate out of the Tom Bradley International Terminal – Air New Zealand, ANA, Asiana Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, SWISS, THAI and Turkish Airlines. In addition to the lounge in the Tom Bradley terminal, Star Alliance member carriers offer the following lounge facilities at LAX International Airport: Terminal 1 US Airways Club Terminal 2 Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge Terminal 6 United Club Terminal 7 United Club and United International First Class Lounge LAX International Airport is currently served by over 500 flights per day operated by Star Alliance member carriers.

United Airlines Launches Daily Service from Newark to Istanbul United Airlines started its first-ever service to Turkey with the launch of daily nonstop service between Newark Liberty International Airport and Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport, beginning July 1. Flight 904 is scheduled to depart Newark Liberty daily at 7:27 p.m. and arrive in Istanbul at 12:20 p.m. the next day. The return flight, 905, is scheduled to depart Istanbul daily at 1:55 p.m. and arrive in Newark at 6:02 p.m. the same day (all times local). Flying times are nine hours, 53 minutes eastbound and 11 hours, seven minutes westbound. “We are delighted to add Istanbul to our global route network,” said James Mueller, United’s vice president, Atlantic & Pacific Sales.

“Customers in the U.S. and Turkey will benefit from increased travel options with this new service.” Initially, the service will operate with a three-cabin Boeing 767-300 aircraft, featuring a total of 183 seats – six in United Global First, 26 in United BusinessFirst and 151 in United Economy, including 67 Economy Plus seats. Later this summer, United plans to fly this route with its newly-configured Boeing 767-300, which features 30 seats in United BusinessFirst, 49 in Economy Plus and 135 in Economy. Customers traveling in BusinessFirst in this enhanced aircraft will enjoy flat-bed seats, a 15.4” touchscreen

monitor delivering on-demand inflight audio/video content, electrical and USB outlets, an iPod jack and a five-course meal with fine wines. Customers in Economy Plus will benefit from more legroom and more recline than Economy seats. Each Economy Plus and Economy seat in this upgraded aircraft features a 9” touchscreen on-demand inflight entertainment system, and all Economy rows have access to electrical outlets.

United’s MileagePlus members can earn double award miles when flying this new service. To qualify, MileagePlus members must book and complete qualifying roundtrips by September 30, 2012 in booking classes F, A, J, C, D, Y, B, or M. Registration is required before travel.

Lufthansa Awarded Best Offline Airline 2012 Lufthansa German Airlines was named the “Best International Carrier - off-line” at the AFTA National Travel Industry Awards in Sydney, an accolade the airline has won for seven consecutive years in a row. Marlene Sanau, Lufthansa’s General Manager said: “We are very honored to receive this prestigious award and would like to thank each and every agent for supporting us!

‘To be nominated and among the ranks of such high caliber airlines is an honor in itself. We motivate each other on a daily basis aiming to achieve the best service for our partners and

customers. On behalf of my team, who this really belongs to, I accept this as we continue to strive and meet your expectations in the years to come.” The award was accepted

by Marlene Sanau and Carmen Jurczyk, Lufthansa’s Marketing & Sales Manager, on behalf of the entire Australian team - a team that represents Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines in Australia. In 2008 Lufthansa was awarded to the Hall of Fame for three consecutive wins in the best off-line airline category.

Lufthansa is the leading European airline in the Asia-Pacific region and a founding member of Star Alliance.

Second Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental Delivered to Lufthansa Since the beginning of June, Lufthansa’s first Boeing 747-8 has been deployed on the Frankfurt-Washington route. Only a few days ago, Lufthansa took delivery of its second B747-8, which will operate a daily service between Frankfurt and New Delhi from 6 August. Before the new “Queen of the Skies”, which bears the registration D-ABYC, enters service, the final touches will be added to the aircraft at its home base at Frankfurt.

On board, Lufthansa passengers can enjoy the new Business Class, which includes a seat that can be converted at the press of a button into a horizontal sleeping surface measuring 1.98 metres in length. The new seat offers exceptional comfort for passengers in a sitting or recumbent position, intuitive adjustment features, additional storage space and enhanced entertainment system. The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is a completely new aircraft that builds upon the positive features of the Boeing 747 series, Lufthansa’s long-haul workhorse for more than 40 years. The aircraft’s wings have significantly improved aerodynamics and newly developed wingtips. The aircraft also provides tangible improvements in terms of eco-efficiency. The GEnx-2B engines consume less fuel and achieve a 15 per cent improvement in fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions per passenger. In addition, noise emissions have been reduced by 30 per cent. A further two Boeing 747-8

Intercontinental aircraft are scheduled for delivery in 2012.

Amongst the destinations that Lufthansa will serve with the new aircraft is Bangalore, which will thus become the second 747-8 destination in India after Delhi. Lufthansa has ordered a total of 20 Boeing 747-8s.

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u yıl yaz tatillerimizde ağırlığı kruvaziyer seyahatlerine ayırdık. Önce Kruvaziyer Turizmin en tecrübeli kuruluşu Tura Turizmin organize ettiği Norveç Fiyordları gezisine katıldık. 3.500 kişilik Costa grubunun Costa Fortuna adlı gemisi ile 8 günlük bu gezimizde Danimarka’nın başkenti Kopenhag’dan başlayarak, Norveç fiyordları ve son

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liman Almanya’nın Wernemunde’si ile üç ülke ve yedi şehir gezdik. İskandinavya’nın diğer liman kentleri olan Helsinki, Stockholm ve Talinn’i daha önce defalarca Viking ve Silja Line’ların benzer büyüklükteki lüx gemileri ile gezdiğimizden bu kez fiyordlarını göremediğimiz Norveç bizim için daha cazip ve öncelikli idi.

Temmuz ayının İstanbul’daki 40c’i aşan bunaltıcı sıcağından kaçarak serin ülkelerde yaptığımız bu gezi zamanlama olarak doğrusu çok yerindeydi. Kah güneşli, kah parçalı bulutlu ve insanı sıkıntıya sokmayan bir iklimde yaptığımız bu geziden çok memnun ayrıldık. Şimdi gezimizin gün gün ayrıntılarına geçelim; THY ile 3.5 saatlik bir yolculuk

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sonrası Kopenhag havaalanına iniyorsunuz. Bavulunuzu alıp gümrükden çıktıktan sonra sizi Tura Turizmin Kopenhag’daki acentasının gönderdiği eleman, elinde adınızı yazan pankart ile sizi karşılıyor ve eğer grubunuz kalabalık değilse özel bir araç ile 30 dakika içersinde limanda sizi bekliyen Costa Kruvaziyerlerinin yanaştığı limana götürüyor. Liman girişinde Costa’nın yer hizmeti veren elemanları kamaranıza göndermek üzere bavullarınız teslim alıp, sizi pasaport ve check in işlemleri işin özel salona alıyor. Kısa sürede bu işlemleri tamamlayıp kamaranıza geçebiliyorsunuz. Costa Fortuna’da çeşitli kategorilerde kamaralar var. Bizim size

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önerimiz balkonlu kabin olacaktır. Hele bizim gibi sigara içenlerdenseniz geminin kısıtlı sigara içilebilen bölgelerini aramak zahmetinden kurtulursunuz. Gemimiz limandan 18 de ayrılacaktı ve Kopenhag’ı ilk günden gezmek de mümkündü ancak bir türlü bitmeyen ‘’bavullarınız birazdan geliyor’’ uyarı tekrarları ile bu fırsattan yararlanamadık. Bavulların çok geç kamaralara gelmesi doğaldı çünkü gemide 3500 ‘ü aşkın yolcu vardı. Bu nedenle eğer kalkışa kadar 4-5 saat vaktiniz varsa limandan şehir merkezine 15-20 dk da ulaşıp Kopenhag’ı daha gidişte de gezebilirsiniz. Ama bunu yapmayıp geminizi de keşfedebilirsiniz.14 katlı bu gemide herşey var.Barlar, restoranlar, kafeler, sinema, talih oyunları salonu, fitness center, spa ve güzellik merkezi,

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kütüphane, disko, alışveriş mekanları, havuzlar...vd. mekanları ile bu yüzen şehri tanımanıza hemen başlarsanız sonraki günlerde rahat edersiniz.

Raffaello ve Michelangelo adlı iki ana restorana ilaveten alakart Conte Grande ve 9.katdaki Cristoforo Colombo ve Grill açık büfe restaronaların dışında 10 ayrı bar size servis verecek. Akşam yemeklerinin ardından 3 kata yayılmış alçalıp, yükselen, dönen sahnesi ve teknik düzeni ile Las Vegas tiyatrolarından hiçbir farkı olmayan ayrıca 7 gece boyunca sahnelenen gösterilerin ki bazilari Broadway örneklerinden çok daha başarılı müzikalleri izleyeceğiniz Rex Tiyatrosunda sahneyi en uygun açıdan seyredebileceğiniz yeri de önceden gözünüze kestirin. Programa

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göre gemimiz geceleri hareket ediyor ve gündüzleri limanlarda yanaşık kalıyor. Norveç fiyordları gezimizde akşam Kopenhag’dan hareket ettik ve ilk durağımız Kuzey Denizindeki Flam Köyüne kadar ilk günü de denizde seyir halinde geçirdik. Flam Norveç’in kuzey batı kıyılarında dantel gibi işlenmiş kıvrak kıyıların içinde bir doğa harikası. Tepeleri kar ve buzul ile kaplı, etekleri yemyeşil, yüzlerce şelalenin çoşkun sularını dar koylara döktüğü muhteşem cografyada büyük keyifler duyacaksınız. Geminiz limana yanaşınca ya tur şirketiniz yada gemi organizasyonu sizlere önceden çeşitli alternatif turlar sunarak o liman şehrini ve çevre güzelliklerini özel olarak rehber eşliğinde tanıtıyor. Ama bizim gibi münferit bir yolcu iseniz veya tur

şirketinizin bir tur organizasyonu yoksa ve pahalı gemi turlarına da katılmak işinize gelmiyorsa dert etmeyin. Norveç Fiyord turizminde son derece güzel organizasyanları bizim gibi yolcular için hazırlamış. Hemen her limanda özel küçük tur organizasyonları sizi liman önünde şirin satış masaları ile karşılıyor.

Gemide sunulan tüm turları her limanda bu masalardan eksiksiz ve çok daha makul fiyatlara yapabiliyorsunuz. İlk limanımız Flam, 2005 de Unesco Dünya Mirasları listesine dahil edilmeyi hakeden doğal güzelliklere sahip. Flam için programlanmış iki tur var. Uzun kalış nedeniyle bu iki turu da arka arkaya yapabilirsiniz. Önce küçük tekne ile fiyordların güzelliklerini keşfedebilir sonra da tren ile yüksek dağların arasından

vadileri ve akan şelalerin panoramik görüntülerini fotograflayabilirsiniz. Hatta zamanınızı iyi ayarlayabilirseniz liman başında sürekli tur yapan mini tren ile Flam kasabasını turlayabilirisiniz de.

Sonraki durağımız yine Unesco Dünya Mirasları listesinden bir şehir Bergen.

Oslo’dan sonra Norveç’in ikinci büyük şehri. Bir ticari liman olan Bergen’de yine doğal güzelliği ile öne çıkıyor. Bunun için 320 mt yüksekliğindeki Floien tepesine Füniküler ( kablolu tramvay ) ile çıkıp şehre yüksekten bakabilirsiniz. Yine münferit olarak çift katlı ( Hop in Hop bin) turistik otobüsler ile iyice şehri gezebilir, dilediğiniz yerde inip sonra tekrar bir sonraki otobüsle gezinizi sürdürebilirsiniz.

Gemimiz ertesi gün yine çok güzel bir küçük şehrin limanına yanaştı.

Stravanger şirin bir liman kenti.Burada da benzeri Hop in Hop bin otobüsleri ile şehri genel olarak tanıyabilir sonrasında güzel kafelerden birinde kahvenizi yudumlayabilirsiniz. Norveç’deki son durağımız başşehir Oslo. Parlamento, Kraliyet Sarayı, Belediye Binası, Viking müzesi ve Gustav Vigeland’ın yüzlerce heykeli ile süslü Frogner parkını yine benzer turistik otobüsler ile zevkinize uygun duraklarda inerek istediğiniz gibi kimseye tabi olmadan yapabilirsiniz. Oslo büyük şehir özelliklerini taşıyan ve pahalı İskandinav şehirleri arasında ilk sırayı alan bir şehir olduğu için alışverişlerinizi küçük hatıra eşyalar ile yapabilirsiniz.

Turumuzun başlangıç şehri Kopenhag öncesi son limanımız Almanya’nın Warnemünde limanı. Doğu Alman

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Rostock şehrinin liman ve sayfiye şehri olan Warnemünde’den 15-20 dakikada tren ile Rostock şehrine ulaşabilirsiniz.

Rostock tarihi binaları, rengarenk binaların süslediği sevimli meydanı ile çok güzel bir şehri. Pahali Norveç’ten sonra da alışverişiniz için de ideal bir şehir. Rostock’dan geminize dönmeden Warnemünde sokaklarını gezebilir limandaki balıkçı restoranlarında veya değişik dekorlu barlarda kendinize extra

bir keyif zamanı ayırabilirsiniz.

Ve nihayet geminiz bir haftalık turunuzun sonunda ilk şehrimiz Kopenhag’a geldi. Eğer vaktiniz varsa Kopenhag şehrini de yine Hop in Hop bin turistik otobüsleri ile etraflıca gezebilirsiniz. Ünlü Deniz Kızı heykeli, Parlamento Binası, Amelienborg Kraliyet Sarayı, Tivoli bahçeleri, Christiansborg ve Rosenborg Sarayları otobüsünüzden inip görebileceğiniz duraklar. Bir kanallar

şehri olan Kopenhag’da kanal turunu da tavsiye ederiz. Gemi ile seyahat fazla yorgunluk vermeyen rahat bir turizm çeşidi. Artan gemi sayıları ile fiyatlar da giderek ucuzluyor ve eskiden pahalı bir turizm çeşidi olan gemi turları artık uygun fiyatlar ile yapılabiliyor. Kruvaziyer Turizminin Kuzey Denizlerindeki güzel bir örneği olarak Norveç Fiyordlarını öneririz.

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ğustos ayının başlarında Norveç’in olağanüstü güzellikteki fiyordlarından ve Kuzeyin soğuk denizlerinden hemen sonra kendimizi bu kez güneyin sıcak sularına atttık. Adriyatik denizini daha önce birçok kez karadan görmüş, onu inci gibi süsleyen yeşil adaları ve koyları uzaktan izlemiştik. Özellikle Hırvatistan sahillerinin bizim Ege koylarını andıran ve binlerce adaları için yine bizim Mavi Yolculuk türü guletler ile turlar düzenleme çalışmaları olduğunu turizm fuarlarında duyar ve merak ederdik. Ülkemizde Kruvaziyer Turizminde son yıllarda adını

sıkça duyuran Apex Tour- Cruise Holidays’in Ocean Majesty adlı gemisi ile Adriyatik turunu öğrenince, kuzey denizlerinin soğunu üzerimizden atıp, içimizi ısıtalım istedik. Gemimizin İzmir’den kalktıktan sonra Adriyatik sularına, Mora Yarımadasını dolaşmayıp Korint Kanalından ulaşacak olması daha önce arzu edip yapamadığımız bir macerayı bu gezimizde gerçekleştirme heyecanı da katacaktı.

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balkonlu kabinimize geçtik. Kısa yerleşme süresinden sonra gemimizi tanıma turuna çıktık. Ocean Majesty, 9 katlı, 10 bin 417 gros ton ağırlığında, 134 metre uzunluğunda. 623 yolcu ve 280 personel kapasiteli. Birinde küçük bir havuz ve jakuzi olan üç güvertesi, biri açık, diğeri kapalı iki restoranı, 5 barı, kütüphanesi, sinema salonu, masaj, sauna, spa ve sağlık merkezi, jimnastik salonu, casinosu, freeshop’u, marketi, diskoteğiyle yolcularına hizmet veriyor.

Kabinlerinde resepsiyondan temin edilebilen saç kurutma makinesi, TV, direkt telefon, banyo ve WC mevcut.

Türk, Yunan, Ukrayna, Romanya, Bulgaristan, Hindistan, Brezilya ve Filipinlilerden oluşan personel birkaç yıldır ağırlıklı olarak Türk müşterilere hizmet verdiği için dilimizden de az da olsa anlıyor. Günde üç kez odanız temizleniyor. Sabah, öğle, akşam yemekleri, akşamüstü çayları, gece atıştırmalıkları ile yeme içme sıkıntısı yok.

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yanaşacak. Merak ettiğimiz Korint Kanalını gidişte gece yarısı geçeceğiz.

Ama dönüşte gündüz geçeceğimiz için uykumuzdan fedakarlık etmeyip Korfu adasına dinç varmayı tercih ediyoruz.

Yunanistan’ın Adriyatik denizindeki en önemli adası Korfu’ya akşamüstü varan gemimiz, gece yarısından önce demir alarak yoluna devam edecek. Bu nedenle geminin düzenlediği turlara katılmayıp kısa sürede adanın merkezini kendimiz gezmeye karar veriyoruz. Limandan şehir merkezine hareket eden otobüslerle gidip sonra yürüyerek önce yat limanlarını barındıran güzel bir koya ulaşıyor ve karşımızdaki Paleokastritza Manastırını fotograflıyoruz. Sonra tarihi kaleyi geziyoruz. Bizans döneminden kalma kale ve taş evler Unesco koruması altında.

Kale girişindeki meydanın sonunda yer alan Asya Kültürleri Müzesi’nin yanından yürüyerek yaptığımız yürüyüş turumuz ile gemimize dönüyoruz.

Gece yarısı yol alan gemimiz ertesi sabah erkenden Arnavutluk’un küçük liman kenti Durres’e yanaşıyor. Küçük Durres şehir merkezini kısa sürede gezdikten sonra bolca vaktimiz olduğu

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için sık sık hareket eden minibüsler ile bu liman kentine 45 dakika uzaklıktaki Tiran’a geçiyoruz. 1993 yılından ilk kez gittiğimiz başşehir Tiran 20 yıl içinde çok gelişmiş. Yeni zincir oteller, gökdelenler, alışveriş merkezleri ile hatırladığımız caddeleri geçerek bir iş merkezinin tepesindeki döner restoranı ile şehri panoramik olarak seyrediyoruz. 20 yıl önce Fenerbahçe’mizin maçı nedeniyle geldiğimiz şehir stadyumunun hemen yanındaki, o zamanın en lüks oteli Rogner Oteli’in keyifli barında kahvemizi yudumlayarak anılarımızı tazeliyoruz.

Sevgili dostumuz Salih Çene’nin Tiran’da yaşayan turizmci yeğeni Marin ile de görüşüp gemimize dönüyoruz.

Arnavutluk sahillerini terkederek yola devam eden gemimizin sonraki durağı Hırvatistan’ın incisi Dubrovnik. Adriyatik sahillerindeki favori şehirlerimizden olan, defalarca geldiğimiz Dubrovnik’e deniz yoluyla ilk kez geliyoruz. Yeni Liman şehre uzak ancak düzenli belediye otobüsleri ile merkeze 10-15 dakikada ulaşılabiliyor.

Tabii ilk hedef ünlü kaleiçi.Kaleçini ve şehri bu kez tur bilgileri ile detaylı anlatalım. ‘’ Eski Kent ve hazinelerini

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görmek için yürüyüş gezimizin başlangıç noktası olan Pile Kapısına varacağız.

Burası bugün de geçmişte olduğu gibi antik kentin geniş ana caddesi Stradun veya Placa Dubrovnik’ in tam olarak merkezi sayılmakta. Bu caddede sıralanan heybetli güzel evlerin neredeyse hepsi şehir nüfusun 1/5nin yok olduğu 1667 Depreminden sonra yapılmış. Stradun’ un haricinde şehir ince, dik ve kıvrımlı caddelerden oluşmuş olan bir labirent gibi. 14. yüzyılda inşa edilen Dubrovnik’ in en güzel hatırda kalıcı öğelerinden biri Dominik Manastırı ve kilisesidir.

Manastırın hayli değerli arşivleri ve içinde nadir eserler, el yazmaları bulunan büyük bir kütüphanesi vardır. Aynı zamanda 16. yüzyıldan kalma Dubrovnik altın işlemeleri ve kilise mobilyalarının değerli örneklerine ev sahipliği yapar. Dominik Manastırı aynı zamanda eski üstadları ile de bilinir – en ünlü olanı Nikola Bozidarevic’ in üçleme eseridir. Bu şahaser özellikle St. Blaise olarak ünlenmiştir, bu tablo 16. yüzyıldaki haliyle Dubrovnik’ in tam bir modelini yansıtmaktadır.

Titian tarafından yapılmış olan St. Mary Magdalene’ nin sanat eseri tablosu 1554’ den kalmadır. Diğer durağımız bir zamanlar devletin idare merkezinin ve Dubrovnik Cumhuriyeti Bölge Papazının bulunduğu Rector Sarayı olacaktır. Bu

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Dalmaçya mimarisinin bir şahaseridir ve kalıcı sergide olan tarihi eserleri, mobilyaları, tabloları, madeni paraları, madalyaları, dekorasyonları, pulları ve silahları hayli iyi durumdadır ve şöyle bir göz atmaya değerdir. Turunuz sizi Andrea Buffalini tarafından planlanmış olan 17. yüzyıla ait barok yapı Katedrale götürecek.

Bu yapı kendisinden önce burada Roma stili bir bazilikanın yer aldığı bölgededir, Büyük Depremde yıkılmasından önce Dubrovnik’ in muhtemelen en görkemli yapısıydı. Katedralin fevkalede zengin olan hazinesi yerli Bizans, İtalyan ve diğer işçilerin çalışma ürünleri olan 12.’ den 17. yüzyıla uzanan altın ve gümüş kutsal emanetleri saklar.’’ Kaleiçini bu detayları ile gezdikten sonra yüzlerce restoran arasından birini seçip öğle yemeğimizi alıyoruz. Sonra Kaleiçini eski liman kapısından terk edip sahildeki beach club’larda serin sulara atıyoruz. Akşam üstü şehri tepeden gören Füniküler’in üst durağındaki panoramik günbatımı Dubrovnik görüntüleri ile tamamlayarak gemimize dönüyoruz. Sonraki gün programımızda iki liman ver. Önce Hırvatistanın 2.büyük şehri Split sonrada Korçula. Split limanının tam karşısında yer alan eski şehir ile yürüyerek gezimiz sürüyor. Öğlen 13 de kalkacak gemimize yetişmek için hızla Diocletian Sarayı

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ve Mozelesi, Grgur Ninski Heykeli ve Aziz Dominus Katedrali ve Çan Kulesini geziyor, geleneksel kahvemizi yine dar sokaklı şehirn sık sık karşımıza çıkan bir meydan kafesinde içiyor ve UNESCO’nun Dünya Mirasları listesindeki kenti geride bırakarak Korçula adasına hareket ediyoruz. Korçula yine Hırvatların turistik bir adası. Klasik kale içi ve çevresindeki yakın plajlar ile şirin bir sayfiye yeri. Gün batımını kalenin hemen altındaki balık lokantalarından birinde alarak botlar ile gemimize dönüyoruz. Sonraki şehrimiz Norveç fiyordlarını andıran girişi ile harika bir koya yerleşmiş Karadağ’ın Kotor şehri.

Yüksek dağların arasından kıvrıla kıvrıla geldiğimiz bu şehir için limana yanaşmış bir büyük gemi diğer 4 büyük yolcu gemisini denizde demir atıp yolcularını botlar ile kıyıya taşınmasını gerektiriyor.

Kotor’da da kale içini adım adım gezip, tarihini fotograflayarak gemimize dönüyor ve ertesi gün, bu kez gündüz geçeceğimiz Korint Kanalı heyecanına bürünüyoruz. Mora’yı dolaşarak 440 deniz mili harcamamak için 1893 yılında açılan 6.3 km uzunluğundaki Korint kanalını gemimiz 1.5 saatte geçti. Neredeyse kıyısını yalıyarak ağır ağır yol alan gemimiz sonrasında Ege denizine açılarak ertesi sabah tekrar İzmir’e yanaştı.

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İstanbul “Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Raporu-2012

Londra Belediye Başkanı’nın girişimiyle başlayan; Berlin, İstanbul, Johannesburg, Londra, Mumbai, New York, Paris, Sao Paulo, Sidney, Singapur, Şangay ve Tokyo’dan oluşan 13 dünya şehrinin yer aldığı; Nisan 2012’da Şangay’da gerçekleştirilen toplantıda olgunlaşan ve şehirlerin kültür yöneticilerinin katılımıyla 1 Ağustos 2012’de Londra’da ilan edilen “Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Raporu 2012”, 60 gösterge çerçevesinde katılımcı şehirlerin kültürel yapısını inceleyen önemli bir çalışmadır. İstanbul, “Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Raporu 2012” projesine katılan dünya şehirlerinden biridir. Proje kapsamında şehrimizi temsil eden İstanbul Kültür ve Turizm İl Müdürlüğü, raporu hazırlayan araştırmacılarla ilgili verilerin derlenmesi ve şehrin kültürel ortamının değerlendirilmesi konularında işbirliği içerisinde çalıştı; Nisan 2012’de Şangay’da projeyi değerlendirmek üzere hayata geçirilen sempozyuma katılarak İstanbul’un kültürel ortamını tanıtan bir sunum ile 1 Ağustos 2012 tarihinde Londra’da gerçekleştirilen açılışta yer aldı.

Londra’da gerçekleştirilen görüşmelerde, mevcut işbirliğinin devamına yönelik değerlendirmeler hayata geçirilmiş ve şehirlerin kültür yöneticilerinin mutabakatı ile “Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Forumu”nun oluşturulmasına karar verildi.

“Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Forumu” ile şu çalışmaların hayata geçirilmesi planlanıyor.

• Veri, bilgi ve etkili deneyimlerin paylaşımı ve yayılmasına yönelik bir çevrimiçi platform • Her yıl bir üye şehir tarafından dönüşümlü olarak ev sahipliği yapılacak, belirli bir tema çerçevesinde toplanacak konferans/ zirve; • Her üç yılda bir yayınlanacak bir veri ve iyi uygulama derlemesi olarak Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Raporu; • İşbirliği ile yürütülecek araştırma, politika geliştirme ve yayınlar.

Londra’daki buluşmaya İstanbul’u temsilen katılan Kültür ve Turizm İl Müdürü Prof. Dr. Ahmet Emre Bilgili’nin konuyla ilgili görüşü şöyledir: “Küresel gelişmeler şehirleri ve bu çerçevede üretim ve tüketim anlamında kültürü çok daha önemli hale getirmektedir.

Dünyanın en önemli şehirlerinin kültürü merkeze alan bir yaklaşım benimseyerek ciddi bir işbirliğine girişmeleri şehir ve

kültür ilişkisinin geleceği açısından büyük önem taşımaktadır.

13 şehrin birlikte hazırladıkları “Dünya Şehirleri Kültür Raporu 2012” bu alanda somutlaşan önemli bir adımdır. Bu çerçevede şehirlerin kültür yöneticilerinin düzenli aralıklarla bir araya gelecek olmaları; aralarında sıkı bir işbirliğini ortaya çıkaracak ve şehir – kültür ilişkisi adına umut verici gelişmeler doğmasına yol açacaktır. İstanbul’un bu yapı içerisinde baştan itibaren yer alması ayrıca önem taşımaktadır.”

İlk Altı Ayda Turist Sayısı % 2,33 Azaldı Türkiye’ye yılın ilk yarısında gelen yabancı turistlerin sayısı geçen yılın aynı dönemine göre yüzde 2,33 oranında azalarak 12 milyon 723 bin 978’e geriledi. Haziran ayında ise Türkiye’ye gelen yabancı turistlerin sayısı geçen yılın aynı ayına göre yüzde 2,70 oranında arttı. Haziranda Türkiye’yi 3 milyon 882 bin 529 yabancı gezdi. Türkiye’ye gelen turistlerin sayısı Haziran ayında artarken altı aylık dönemde ise azaldı. OcakNisan döneminde yüzde 5,9 olan azalma Ocak-Mayıs’ta yüzde 4,4’e, Ocak-Haziran döneminde ise yüzde 2,3’e geriledi. Yılın ilk yarısında, en fazla turist Almanya’dan geldi. Haziran ayında ise turist gönderen ülkelerin arasında Rusya ilk sırada yer aldı.

Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, 2012 yılının ocak-haziran dönemine ilişkin turizm istatistiklerini açıkladı. Türkiye’ye gelen 12 milyon 723 bin 978 yabancı ziyaretçinin 633 bin 25’i (yüzde 4,98) günübirlikçilerden oluştu. Altı aylık dönemde Türkiye’ye turist gönderen ülkeler arasında Almanya yüzde 15,12 ile birinci, Rusya yüzde 11,24 ile ikinci, İngiltere yüzde 7,04 ile üçüncü sırada yer aldı. İngiltere’yi Bulgaristan, Gürcistan, İran, Hollanda, Fransa, ABD ve Yunanistan izledi. Aynı dönemde Almanya’dan 1 milyon

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924 bin 108, Rusya’dan 1 milyon 429 bin 959, İngiltere’den 895 bin 358 turist geldi. Yılın ilk yarısında Türkiye’ye gelen yabancı ziyaretçilerin kullandığı sınır kapılarının bağlı olduğu illerin arasında İstanbul yüzde 33,26 ile birinci, Antalya yüzde 30,59 ile ikinci, Edirne yüzde 8,67 ile üçüncü sırada yer aldı.

Kültür Turist Sayısı % 20 Arttı

Türkiye’nin deniz, kum ve güneş turizmi yanı sıra kültür ve tarih turizmi bakımından zengin bir ülke olduğunu belirten Kültür ve Turizm Bakan Yardımcısı Dr. Abdurrahman Arıcı, son iki yıl içinde Rusların kültür ve arkeoloji turizmini yeğlediğini ifade etti. Başta Antalya ve yöresindekiler olmak üzere, ülkedeki antik kentlerin adeta birer açık hava müzesi olduğunu anlatan Arıcı, turizmde kalıcı olmanın yolunun kültürden geçtiğini söyledi. Dünyanın Türkiye’nin kültürel varlıklarına her zaman hayran kaldığını belirten Arıcı, kültürel varlıkları dünya gündemine taşımada bakanlık olarak hiç bir zaman dönem

ayırd etmediklerini bildirdi. Arıcı Side, Olimpos, Myra, Termessos, Telmessos, Sagalossos, Perge, Seleukiea, Selge, Letoon, Tlos, Patara Meclis Binası ve Xanthos Antik Kent’in, ziyaret eden turist bakımından ikinci Efes olduğunu belirtti. Arıcı, Side’nin kültür turizminde öncü bir belde olduğunu ve bu bağlamda bakanlığın liman ve Roma hamamı; Athena ve Apollon tapınağı ve Bazilika Kilisesi’nin yer aldığı alanı Side Belediyesi’ne tahsis ettiğine işaret etti.

Dünyada, her yıl 200 milyon insanın farklı medeniyetleri ve geçmiş dönemlere ait kültürel ve arkeolojik uygarlıklara ait tarihi eseri tanımaya ve görmeye geldiğini belirten Arıcı, buna en güzel örneğin Antalya’ya gelen 11 milyon turistin büyük çoğunluğunun fotoğraflarda gördüğü Apollon Tapınağı, Side antik tiyatrosu, Aspendos antik tiyatrosu ve Xanthos Likya Kaya Mezarları olduğunu anlattı. Arıcı “Adeta açık hava müzesi konumunda olan ülkemizde kültür turizmini yaygınlaştırmaya kararlıyız. Son yıllarda Rus ve İskandinav ülke turistlerinin kültür turizmine ilgisi yüzde 20 oranında arttı. Çinli turistler genelde kültür turizmini tercih ediyor. Anadolu medeniyetlerini yakından tanımak için genelde Anadolu turuna çıkıyorlar. Hedefimiz, Antalya’ya yılın 12 ayı Çin, Japon ve Güney Koreli turist getirmek. Çin, Güney Kore ve Japonya’da Antalya’nın tanıtımını yapıyoruz,” dedi. Bakanlığın verilerine göre son iki yıl içinde 670 bin Rus, 550 bin Norveç, İsveç, Finlandiya ve Danimarkalı ile 248 bin Çinli, Japon ve Güney Koreli kültür ve arkeoloji turuna çıktı

Kapadokya’da Turist Sayısı 1 Milyon’u Aştı Türkiye’nin en önemli kültür turizm merkezlerinden Kapadokya bölgesindeki tarihi ve turistik merkezleri, bu yılın OcakHaziran döneminde 1 milyon 95 bin 854 yerli ve yabancı turist ziyaret etti. Nevşehir Valiliği’nden yapılan açıklamaya göre, Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı tarafından

turistlerin ziyaretine açık bulundurulan Göreme Açık Hava Müzesi başta olmak üzere Zelve, Açıksaray ve Mustafapaşa ören yeri, Nevşehir, Ürgüp, Hacıbektaş Arkeoloji ve Etnoğrafya ve Hacıbektaş Veli Müzesi, Hacıbektaş Atatürk Evi, Çavuşin, Gülşehir St.Jean, Mustafapaşa Constantin- Eleni, Karanlık ve El Nazar Kiliseleri ile Özkonak, Tatlarin, Kaymaklı ve Derinkuyu yeraltı kentlerini bu yılın ilk 6 aylık döneminde 263 bin 384’ü ücretli, 190 bin 261 i ücretsiz, 154 bin 888 ‘ i müze kartlı ve 487 bin 321’ Seyahat Acentelerine bağlı tur firmaları ile gelen ziyaretçi olmak üzere toplam 1 milyon 95 bin 854 turistin ziyaret ettiği bildirildi. Kapadokya bölgesini geçen yılın aynı döneminde ise 1 milyon 153 bin 522 yerli ve yabancı turist ziyaret etmişti.

Mersin Akdeniz Oyunları’na Hazırlanıyor Mersin’de gerçekleştirilecek olan 2013 Akdeniz Oyunları’nda müsabakalara ev sahipliği edecek tesislerde çalışmalar bütün hızıyla sürüyor. Düzenleme komitesinin internet sitesinde yer alan açıklamaya göre inşaatı süren tesisler 32 spor dalında gerçekleştirilecek yüzlerce müsabakaya, binlerce sporcuya ve on binlerce seyirciye ev sahipliği edecek. Yapımı devam eden ve 3 Mart 2013 tarihinde teslim edilmesi öngörülen 3 bin kişilik tenis kompleksinde inşaatların fiziki gerçekleşme seviyesi yüzde 45’i geçti. İki ayrı bloktan oluşan ve uluslararası standartlara uygun olacak tesiste, ikisi kapalı olmak üzere toplam 10 kort yer alıyor. Ayrıca, antrenör odaları, hakem odası, teknik alanlar, sporcu soyunma odaları ve basın toplantı odasının yanı sıra tesiste izleyici girişleri için iki fuaye alanı, altı kafe-restoran ve 160 araçlık otopark da var. Yapımı devam eden 7 bin 500 kişilik spor salonunda çalışmalar tüm hızıyla sürüyor. Tesisin aralık ayında teslim edilmesi öngörülüyor.

Salonda 5 bin 668 seyirci koltuğu, 193 VIP koltuğu, 131 basın koltuğu ve 84 protokol koltuğu var. Ayrıca 256 seyirci kapasiteli

antrenman salonunun da yer aldığı tesisin basketbol, voleybol, hentbol, güreş, judo, karate ve boks müsabakalarına ev sahipliği etmesi öngörülüyor. Öte yandan, Akdeniz Köyü’nün bin kişilik birinci kısımda, voleybol ve basketbol sahalarından otoparkına, çalışma salonlarından kafe ve restoranlarına kadar tüm birimlerin inşaat çalışmaları tamamlandı. Dört yurt bloku ve iki sosyal bloktan oluşan tesiste, tek kişilik yatak odalarının yanı sıra iki kişilik engelli odaları ve üç kişilik odalar yer alıyor.

Alanda ayrıca market ve kuaför salonları da tamamlandı.

Mersin Üniversitesi Çiftlikköy Yerleşkesine yapılan ve oyunlar döneminde Akdeniz Köyü olarak kullanılacak 3 bin 500 kişi kapasiteli Akdeniz Köyü’nün ise 2013’ün Nisan ayında teslim edilmesi bekleniyor. Mersin Üniversitesi’ne ait olan ve Kredi Yurtlar Kurumu’na tahsis edilen arazi üzerinde devam eden çalışmalarda her biri 9 kattan oluşan 8 blokun yapımı sürüyor.

Her blokun öğrenci kapasitesinin 437 olduğu tesiste 2 katlı yemek salonu, kantin, kafeterya, oyun ve internet salonları, yarı olimpik yüzme havuzu, cimnastik ve spor salonlarının yanı sıra çok maksatlı 3 salon ve 515 kişilik konferans salonu da yer alıyor.

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İstanbul’un Turist Sayısı % 18,7 Arttı

İstanbul’a 2012 yılının ilk altı ayında gelewn turistlerin sayısı, geçen yılın aynı dönemine göre yüzde 18,7’ oranında artarak 4 milyon 231 bin 419’a ulaştı. İstanbul Kültür ve Turizm Müdürlüğü verilerinden derlenen bilgilere göre kente ocak ayında 451 bin 662, şubat ayında 494 bin 124, mart ayında 659 bin 826, nisan ayında 818 bin 788, mayıs ayında 867 bin 511, haziran ayında 939 bin 508 olmak üzere toplam 4 milyon 231 bin 419 turist geldi. Geçen yıl, ilk altı ayda kente 3 milyon 563 bin 885 turist gelmişti. Atatürk ve Sabiha Gökçen havalimanları ile Haydarpaşa, Pendik ve Karaköy limanlarını kullanarak kente gelen yabancı ziyaretçi sayısında, geçen yılın aynı dönemine göre yüzde 19 artış oldu. Mayıs sonu itibariyle Türkiye’ye gelen yabancıların yüzde 26,8’i İstanbul’a geldi. İstanbul’a gelen turistlerin 4 milyon 52 bin 908’i havayolunu, 178 bin 511’i denizyolunu tercih etti. Geçen yılın ocak-haziran dönemine göre havayolu ile gelenlerin sayısı yüzde 19, denizyolu ile gelenlerin sayısı yüzde 7 arttı. Yılın ilk altı aylık döneminde gelen turistlerin 154 bin 485’i Karaköy Limanı’na gelen günübirlik turistler olurken havayolu ile gelen yabancıların yüzde 14’ü Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’nı kullandı. Yılın ilk yarısında kente gelenlerin ülkelerine bakıldığında, ilk sırayı yüzde 11,3’lük oranla Almanlar aldı. Almanlar’ı yüzde 6,2 ile Ruslar, yüzde 5,2 ile Amerikalılar, yüzde 4,5 ile Fransızlar, İngilizler ve İranlılar, yüzde 4,2 ile İtalyanlar, yüzde 2,9 ile Hollandalılar, yüzde 2,2 ile Libyalılar, yüzde 2,2 ile Ukraynalılar, yüzde 2,1 ile Japonlar, yüzde 2 ile İspanyollar, yüzde 2 ile Iraklılar, yüzde 2 ile Azeriler, yüzde 1,8 ile Suudi Arabistanlılar izledi.

Aynı dönemde İstanbul’u, Burma, Faroe Adaları, Marshall

Adaları, Mikronezya, Virgin Adaları, Antarktika ve Cook Adaları’ndan birer kişi ziyaret etti. 2011 yılının ilk yarısı ile karşılaştırıldığında, İsrail’den gelen ziyaretçi sayısında 2,8 oranında, Türkmenistan’dan gelen ziyaretçi sayısında yüzde 1 oranında azalma görüldü. Libya’dan gelen ziyaretçi sayısında yüzde 664,4, Mısır’dan gelen ziyaretçi sayısında yüzde 65,7, Tunus’tan gelen ziyaretçi sayısında yüzde 61,8 oranlarında artış gözlendi. İstanbul’a Arap ülkelerinden gelen ziyaretçiler toplam ziyaretçilerin yüzde 14’ünü oluşturdu.

Van’ın 5 yıldızlı Oteli Elite World Van 1 Eylül’de Açılıyor Doğu’nun bilim, sanayi ve turizm merkezi olan Van yeniden hayata dönüyor.

Elite World Hotels, Van’a bir Dünya markasını taşıyor.

Dünyanın önemli uluslararası otel zincirlerinden ‘’Luxe Worldwide Hotels’’in üyesi ve THY Miles&Smiles program ortakları arasında yer alan Elite World Van Hotel, bu özellikleriyle Doğu’nun uluslararası oteli olarak Van’da yeni bir dönem açacak. İstanbul Taksim’de 102 oda kapasitesi ile 4 yıldızlı ‘’superior’’ Elite World Prestige ve 245 odalı, 5 yıldızlı Elite World İstanbul otelleri ile benzersiz kalite anlayışını misafirlerine sunan Elit Turizm, Elite World Van Hotel’i Van’da 1 Eylül tarihinde açılacak. 35 milyon dolarlık yatırımla Elite World Van Hotel’i hizmete sunan Elit Turizm, grubun zincir marka olarak büyüme hedefinin de ilk adımını atmış oluyor.

Kalite ve konforu ile Van’ın tek dünya markası olan Elite World Van Hotel şehir merkezinde konumlanmış olup, 3 suit, 2 kral dairesi olmak üzere toplam 230 oda ile hizmet verecektir.En modern teknik ekipman ve teknoloji ile donatılmış 1200 kişi kapasiteli, tamamı gün ışığı alan 7 toplantı salonu ve 450 m2 büyüklüğünde balo salonu, “Executive Floor”, “Elite World Club Lounge” ve “Business

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Center” ile global iş dünyası içinde Van’ın bir ticaret merkezi olarak konumlanmasını sağlayacak”.

Geleneksel temaların modern mimariye entegre edildiği Elite World Van Hotel, Türk misafirperverliğini lüks hizmet anlayışıyla yansıtacak.

Elite World Van Hotel, yöresel kebap çeşitleri ve dünya mutfağından seçkin örneklerin sunulduğu “Tepe Ocakbaşı Restaurant”, günlük taze pasta çeşitleri ve kahve keyfinin mekanı “Coffee Company” ve muziğin ve eğlencenin adresi “One Bar” ile hizmet verecek.

Meşhur Van kahvaltısıyla misafirlerini güne zinde ve mutlu başlatacak olan Elite World Van Hotel, farklı lezzetleri ve yöresel yemekleri ile de adından söz ettirmeyi hedefliyor.

Elite World Van Hotel, Asya’nın usta şifalı elleri Thailand’lı masözleri, Türk hamamı, havuz, sauna keyfi ve buhar banyosu olanaklarının sunulduğu Fit Life SPA & Health Center, otel misafirlerine Doğu Anadolu’nun otantik atmosferinde yepyeni bir alternatif yaratıyor.

Sabiha Gökçen Havalalanı Bayramda Rekor Kırdı Ramazan Bayramı tatili sebebiyle İstanbul Atatürk Havalimanı’nda 17 Ağustos’ta toplam bin 127 uçak iniş ve kalkış yaparak tüm zamanların rekoru kırılırken, bir rekorda Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı’ndan geldi. 16-21 Ağustos tarihleri arasında 302 bin 938 yolcunun seyahat ettiği Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’nı bu tarihlerde toplam 2 bin 157 uçak kullandı. Bayram tatilinin başladığı 18 Ağustos’ta 363 uçağın kullandığı Sabiha

Gökçen Havalimanı’ndan aynı tarihte 53 bin yolcu geçiş yaptı. Açıldığı 2001 yılında sadece 47 bin yolcu tarafından kullanılan Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’ndan 2011 yılında 13 milyon 688 bin 979 yolcu geçiş yaptı. 2011 yılında yolcu sayısını 291 kat artıran ve çevre illerden de yolcu alan Sabiha Gökçen Uluslararası Havalimanı’ndan bu yılın 7 ayında da geçtiğimiz yılın yedi ayına göre yolcu sayısını yüzde 7 artırarak 8 milyon 424 bin 193 yolcu geçiş yaptı. Bu tarihte Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’ndan 5 milyon 666 bin 597 yolcu iç hat, 2 milyon 757 bin 596 yolcu da dış hatlarda seyahat etti. Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’ndan 18-21 Ağustos tarihleri arasında iç ve dış hatlarda toplam 87 ek sefer düzenlenmesi uçak ve yolcu sayısında artışa yol açtı. 16-21 Ağustos tarihleri arasında 302 bin 938 yolcunun kullandığı Sabiha Gökçen Havalimanı’nı bu tarihlerde toplam 2 bin 157 uçak kullandı.

Turizm Sektörüne İlk Yarıda 1,8 milyar Teşvik Turizm sektörü 2012’nin ilk yarısında, 139 yatırım projesi için 1,8 milyar TL yatırım teşvik belgesi aldı. Projelerin 118 adedi ile 28 binden fazla yeni yatak hizmete girecek. Ayrıca Ocak - Haziran döneminde alınan teşviklerle 7 bin 639 kişi istihdam edilecek. İstihdamın 7 bin 354’ü komple yeni yatırımlarla sağlanacak. Akdeniz Turistik Otelciler ve İşletmeciler Birliği (AKTOB) Ar-Ge Birimi’nin hazırladığı Turizm Yatırımları Analizi çalışmasına göre, turizm sektörünün aldığı ve komple yeni yatırımları öngören 118 projenin yüzde 33’ünü 4 yıldızlı tesisler, yüzde 28’ini 3 yıldızlı tesisler, yüzde 14’ünü 5 yıldızlı

tesisler ile butik ve özel belgeli oteller oluşturuyor. Komple yeni yatırımların il bazında dağılımında ise yüzde 17 ile İstanbul ilk sırada yer aldı. İstanbul’u yüzde 12 ile Antalya, yüzde 8 ile Muğla ve yüzde 7’den fazla pay ile İzmir izliyor.

Bu 4 il aynı zamanda toplam teşviklerin yüzde 50’si alıyor.

Aynı dönemde verilen yatırım teşvik belgelerinin diğer yarısı ise Anadolu’nun 35 ilinde bulunuyor. Turizm teşviklerinden yararlanan öğrenci yurdu projelerinin sayısı da 18’e çıktı. Bu projelerle Türkiye genelinde 4 bin 792 yeni öğrenci yatağı yapılacak.

TT Warsaw bu yıl 27-29 Eylül’de, Polonyalı Turist Sayısında % 10 Artış Son 2 yıl içinde Türkiye’ye gelen Polonyalı turistlerde yüzde 10 artış oldu. 2011 yılında Türkiye’ye gelen turist sayısı 330 bin olurken, bu sene 370 bin olması bekleniyor.

Türkiye’ye tatile gelen turistlerin yüzde 42’si tatillerini Antalya bölgesinde yaptığı ifade edildi. Polonyalı turistler deniz, kum ve güneş turizminin yanı sıra Anadolu’da kültür, tarih, inanç ve arkeoloji turuna çıkmayı tercih ediyor. Polonyalı turistler dünyada tatil yapmada birinci sırada İspanya, ikinci sırada Yunanistan ve üçüncü sırada Türkiye’yi tercih ediyor. GTI Poland Turizm Seyahat Acentesi Kültür Turizmi Uzmanı Arkeolog Magdalena Komendant, Antalya’ya getirdiği Polonyalı turistleri haftanın 3 günü Side Antik Kent’te kültür, tarih ve arkeoloji turuna çıkardıklarını söyledi. Geçen yıl Antalya’da 110 bin Polonyalı turisti kültür ve arkeoloji turuna

çıkardıklarını belirten Komendant, bu yıl sonuna kadar 150 bin olmasını beklediklerini kaydetti. Komendant, «Türkiye’ye gelen Polonyalı turist sayısında 2 yıl içinde yüzde 10 artış var. Artış devam etmekte. Polonyalı turistler Anadolu turunda kültür ve arkeoloji turizmini tercih ediyor. Muğla ve Antalya’ya gelen turistler ise deniz, kum ve güneş turizmini tercih ediyor. Antalya’nın Polonyalı turist potansiyeli çok yüksek.» dedi. Manavgat Side Turistik Otelciler Birliği Derneği (MATOB) Başkanı Cengiz Haydar Barut, Ramazan Bayramı’nda Side-Manavgat destinasyonunda otellerin doluluk seviyesinin yüzde 100 seviyesine ulaştığını söyledi. Barut, otellerin doluluk oranının yüzde 100’e ulaşmasında yerli turizm hareketliliğinin payının yüksek olduğunu kaydetti. Bu arada Polonya pazarının en büyük fuarı TT Warsaw bu yıl 27-29 Eylül’de gerçekleşecek ve 20.yıldönümünü özel etkinlikler ile kutlayacak.

Türkiye Reklamlarına Avusturya’da Ödül Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’nın Avusturya’daki otobüs giydirme reklamları, ‹’Taşıma Araçları Medyası Ödülü’’ne layık görüldü. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı’ndan yapılan yazılı açıklamaya göre, Out of Home Austria şirketi, her ay toplu taşıma araçlarındaki reklamların değerlendirildiği yarışma düzenliyor. Toplu taşıma araçlarına giydirilen reklamlar konusunda uzman 25 reklam ajansının temsilcilerinden oluşan jüri, mayıs ayında, Türkiye’nin tanıtımlarını ‹’Taşıma Araçları

Medyası Ödülü’’ne layık gördü. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, Viyana’nın en kalabalık bölgesinde sürdürdüğü reklam çalışmaları kapsamında, 6 otobüse Türkiye’yi tanıtan reklam afişleri giydirdi. Bakanlığı’nın Avusturya, Çek Cumhuriyeti, Macaristan ve Slovakya gibi ülkelerdeki tanıtım faaliyetleri sonucunda, Avusturya’dan geçen yıl gelen turist sayısında ortalama yüzde 6 artış yaşandı. Türkiye’yi 2011 yılında 528 bin 966 Avusturyalı ziyaret etti.

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