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Turkey expect 2010 tourism boom

Posted by Brian | Filed under tourism

As a regular visitor to the tourist resorts of Turkey, especially those on the Aegean Sea, I already know why the country has become a popular tourist location. Yet the Turkish tourism minister has suggested that tourism for the country is only going to get better in 2010.

Ertu?rul Günay, the country’s Culture and Tourism Minister stated that as many as 30 MILLION tourists could visit Turkey in 2010, despite ongoing economic pressures around the globe. The minister stated that the tourism industry in Turkey was attempting to improve the quality of the all-inclusive system in order to attract more tourists to Turkish resorts.

Also, as a country steeped in archaeological heritage, it was important to mix Turkish heritage and culture into the country’s tourism experience.

Turkey attracted almost 26 million tourists in the first 11 months of 2009. Between the January and November period, mostly German, Russian and British tourists chose Turkey as a holiday destination and tourists mainly visited the Mediterranean region.

Turkey has already made giant strides in attracting new tourism, especially with the introduction of winter sports tourism and also the golf complex found at Belek.

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Tags: tourism, travel, turkey