Turkey’s Winterfest to Generate 20 million Tl Winterfest, a festival catering to university students on Uludağ Mountain, a popular winter sports resort in the northwestern province of Bursa, will generate 20 million Turkish Liras this year, according to organizers. Winterfest is organized on three different dates and nearly 8,000 students from 55 universities in Turkey, Greece, Holland and Iran will attend. Some 3,100 rooms have been reserved in 14 hotels, each priced between 300 and 750 liras for four nights and five days. “It is a festival worth 20 million liras,” said Kayahan Gültepe, a founder of the supporting Ark Organization, adding that Winterfest has a prominent place in the economy of Uludağ, as all hotels will reach full capacity during the festivities. According to Gültepe, they hit a record in hosting 7,500 university students from 52 universities and 16 cities in Uludağ last year. Winterfest debuted as a small university tour for 40 people in 1996, and has rapidly grown thanks to popularity among its target group.
TUYED Member Erol Karabulut Winner of Dedeman Tourism Contest
Annual organization of the project contest in the memory of Mehmet Kemal Dedeman, who is the establisher of Dedeman Holding was held in Istanbul. The Mehmet Kemal Dedeman Research & Development Project Contest every year organized in two categories of mining and tourism industries projects. CEO of Dedeman Holding; Murat Dedeman and President of Dedeman Holding Advisory Board; Nazire Dedeman made a welcome speech to all guests representing mining and tourism industries. At the 9th year of the contest, the theme was “How is the perfect media effects of Marketing in accommodation sector?“ This year’s tourism prize winners are: 1st Prize: Erol Karabulut who is member of TUYED (Turkish Tourism Writers Ass.) 2nd Prize: Serkan Karahatay 3rd Prize: Ass. Doç Dr. Özlem Köroğlu, Prof. Dr. Cevdet Avcıkurt and Ass. Doç Dr. Ahmet Köroğlu
Serbia’s and Turkey’s Increase in Tourism Requires Improvement of Legal Cooperation Serbia’s Minister of Justice and Public Administration Nikola Selakovic and Turkish Ambassador to Serbia Mehmet Kemal Bozay said that there has been an increase in cooperation between Serbia and Turkey in the field of trade and tourism in the previous period, which requires improvement of legal cooperation too. Selakovic said that it is necessary to establish a firm legal framework that would attract and secure Turkish investors in Serbia. The Minister noted that the years-long cooperation between Serbia and Turkey should be further improved and modernised, which is why a strategic framework of cooperation with Turkey is to be prepared in the near future which will regulate and improve legal relations and the question of legal security.
The 17th EMITT Held in Istanbul The 17th EMITT Exhibition took place from today till 27th of January, 2013, supported by the Turkish Republic’s Culture and Tourism Department. Despite the economic crisis the EMITT exhibition increased in 2012 by 25% compared to 2011, following a five-year continuous growth, with a total attendance of 128,000 people from 60 countries, out of which 57,000 were tourism professionals and 71,000 visitors. The EMITT Exhibition, opened to tourism professionals during the first two days and was open to the public during the last two. EMITT Exhibition hosted Abu Dhabi-UAE, Adigeya, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Brazil, Czech Republic, China, Crimea, Dominique Republic, Dubai, Dubrovnic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Japan, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosova, Korea, Kuwait, Lebanon, Macedonia, Mexico, Montenegro,
Morocco Moldova, the Maldives, the Seychelles Islands, South Africa, Pattaya- Thailand, Peru, Russian Federation, Uzbekistan, the Republic of Tatarstan, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Palestine, Peru, Senegal, Secyhell Island, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa Sudan Tanzania RP, Thailand, Tunisia, Ukrain, Vietnam, Greece and others. Argentina made the scene in the East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Fair (EMITT) as the guest country between the dates of 24th and 27th January 2013. In 2012, 62 countries and 150 Turkish tourist resorts and towns attended to EMITT Fair, which is getting prepared to set a new record with much broader attendance. 60.500 m2 of exhibition area was visited by 4.500 exhibitors, 57.000 professionals and 71.000 vacationists. Compared to 2011 the total number of visitors has increased by 12 percent. NewFocus
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