Turkish Tourism
Increase in US visitors and expansion plans help boost Turkey tourism amid tough economic times
Despite the ongoing global economic downturn, Turkey’s tourism industry is thriving because of the announcement of new tourism infrastructure and expansion plans and the increase of more travelers from the United States.
Turkey has welcomed the opening of the $1.4 billion Mardan Palace, the most expensive hotel in Europe. The country continues to weather the worldwide economic storm by showing signs of a strong tourism industry. Other indicators include Turkish Airlines’ intention to purchase over 100 planes in the coming few years.
Though the increase in visitors from the US visitation was slight, it comes at a time when almost every other major European tourism destination is seeing declines in the numbers of US travelers. Turkey welcomed106,903 in January-April 2009 versus 104,374 in January-April 2009, an increase of 2.4 percent.
“We are very satisfied with the increase in US travelers,” said Hasan Zongur, director for Turkish Culture and Tourism in New York. “Turkey has such an eclectic array of experiences to offer American travelers – culture, cuisine, beaches and, of course, thousands of years of history as one of the cradles of civilization. In light of the economy, we feel that these incremental gains are indicators of big things to come as Turkey continues to emerge as an attractive vacation option for American travelers.”
The Turkish Culture and Tourism in New York also confirmed that numbers are also encouraging as Turkey headed into its main tourism season of June through September.
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We just returened from Turkey, we were there 15 days but l wished we had more time to travel other destinations, such as Marmaris,Izmir,Bodrum
but Antalya and Istanbul was wonderful, we had such a great time this is really a underrated country ,has so much to offer. my family and l we have been 22 other countries but l am to say ,Turkey was the best , it is very modern and no wonder they had 30 million visitors last year,and in travel magazine 100 best hotels in the World 30 of them was in Turkey, if you go to Antalya be sure to check out their new most expensive build Hotel in the World MARDAN PALACE it will imaze you
yes Turkey,Istanbul Rocks
Matthew K.
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