Bulgarian tourists have wide range of winter tourism opportunities in Europe

Bulgarian skiers have plenty of opportunities for their winter vacation. TouristMedia.info researched winter destinations in Europe that offer affordable tourism packages and a quality winter sports experience.

Prices for accommodation and other services in Austrian and Italian resorts are close to those in Bulgarian resorts. A number of tour operators offer package vacation in Austria. For example a seven-night stay in a three-star hotel in the Austrian resorts Kitzbühel and Pitztal, including a six-day ski pass for costs between 300 and 400 euro per person.
Prices are similar in the Italian winter resort of Montecampione.

French resorts among which Val d’Isere and Les Arcs offer prices reaching as low as 500 to 600 euro. Prices are highest in the Swiss Alps. A seven-day vacation in Gstaad including a ski pass costs as much as 800 euro, travel expenses excluded.

Winter resorts in Italy and Austria are the most affordable for Bulgarian tourists. A ski pass in Austria and Italy gives tourists access to hundreds of kilometers of slopes, since facilities connect one resort zone to another.

Winter Tourism Season Is Coming Up!

Hello friends, how are you all doing ? I hope everything is ok out there.Recently I am in Turkey and waiting for my paperwork is done to get back the USA.I am on what John Lennon’s -one of the creators of the Beatles- says about life nowadays; “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” That’s right indeed!The life is flowing so fast and silently while we are busy making other plans.

Soon, I am gonna write several posts about winter tourism in the world.Where, when, why; highlits, features, opportunities, different experiences; adresses, tel. numbers, nice locations…

Here in Turkey winter tourism season is about to start after several weeks and this country really has excellent spots for a winter vacation.Especially the cities such as Bursa, Erzurum, Bolu, Gumushane (and several more) provinces of Turkey attracts tourist from all over the world.The natural beauties of these places, high mountains, attractive features, unbeleiveable winter sports experiences make those kinda prestige centers.Most of the ski resorts have nice hotels, bars, skiinstructors, restaurants even swimming pools.

Turkey is mostly known for its summer tourism but increasing numbers show that Turkey’s winter tourism is about to take its deserved worldwide place.And I claim Turkey to be one of the best winter tourism centers in the world.

I am now in Bingol province of Turkey for a short visit.There’s not too many things this city can offer but especially its famous spa center -thermal springs- is to be mentioned.In my next post, I will tell you guys about it and give you contact information.I have been there two times in last three days.That was excellent experience really.

Wait for my next post about it and coming posts for winter tourism centers in Turkey.

Turkey: Continuing to Attract Investment Despite the Global Economic Climate

The country’s property market is booming, with prices expected to continue rising over the next five years. New government laws enabling investors from overseas to buy land have contributed partly to the growing interest in the market and, more recently, the strength of the euro means that thrifty holiday makers are looking for destinations where they’ll get more for their pound.

With Mediterranean countries becoming increasingly expensive, it seems as though even the big Spanish developers have a growing interest in what they can achieve in this exciting land of opportunity, which benefits enormously from being outside of the euro zone. It’s not just property investors that expect great things from Turkey either; supermarkets, banks and car manufacturers are all looking for a piece of the action!

Turkish overseas property investment is largely intended for the rental market, which remains strong. Prices in Kalkan – home to a large expatriate community – have accelerated over recent times, with resorts on both the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, such as: Antalya, Alanya, Fethiye, Dalyan, Marmaris, Bodrum, Kusadasi, and Kas, all proving incredibly popular with overseas buyers. Villas, apartments, flats and houses are available to suit a wide range of investment budgets.

Property investors in Turkey will encounter few problems when it comes to attracting tourists either – the country has a thriving tourism industry and no end of activities and interests for visitors who return year after year to take part in anything from paragliding and skydiving, to visiting museums and learning calligraphy…and that’s before they have sampled the Turkish cuisine!

The country’s capital, Ankara is more likely to accommodate business travellers or those with a keen interest in ancient history than holiday makers, who can be found in Istanbul, where they’re able to experience an overlap between European and Asian cultures – market haggling and mystical rugs, followed by designer shops and clubbing.

So, with a flourishing tourism industry, booming property market and effortless access to the country via numerous budget airlines – as well as the appeal to holiday makers of a destination outside of the euro zone – Turkey as an investment opportunity is an increasingly appealing prospect. Indeed, with prices looking likely to continue rising, many reports question whether there has ever been a better time to invest.

Prices are currently cheaper than anywhere else in the region and, with the strength of the euro likely to deter UK holiday makers from visiting EU countries, the Turkish property market isn’t showing any signs of slowing. So, if you’re seeking new ways to make your money work for you during a challenging economic climate, perhaps now is the time to consider this market for your next venture?

3 Day Cappadocia Tour from Antalya

In the heart of Anatolia , wind and water have created eccentric sceneries, magnificent shapes of cones, pyramids and needles. People shaped these stones into churches, houses and cities, and created a heaven for themselves in the nature. At last Turks named here as Cappadocia , which means “fairy chimneys”.

We reach to Cappadocia , where there are thousands of fairy chimneys, by passing through Taurus mountains , high parts of Anatolia . In the tour program, we visit underground cities, namely Kaymaklý, Üçhisar and Taubental, which were hiding places of Christians. Second day we visit Göreme open air museum and carpet looms, where you will see fabulous hand-made carpets. On the way back to Antalya, you can visit Sultanhaný caravansary on old silk road, and you can travel in the history to the time of Seljuks.

Antalya, Olympos

Day 1
*Picking the guests from the hotel
*Travel to the center of Anatolia over Taurus mountains .
*Arriving in Cappadocia
*Visiting the underground-city Kaymaklý.
*Visiting Üçhisar and famous Taubental
*Dinner and staying in hotel

Day 2
*After breakfast, traveling to Göreme
*Walking around famous cave churches and monasteries of Göreme
*Visiting Paþabað
*Walking around Zelve, which is a settling place
*Going to Avanos
*Halý tezgahlarýnýn ziyareti
*Visiting carpet looms
*Dinner and staying in hotel

Day 3
*Leaving Cappadocia for Konya
*Visiting Sultanhaný caravansary on the way
*Arriving in Konya and visiting monastery of dervishes
*Traveling back to Antalya over Taurus mountains
*Arriving in Antalya back to the hotel

Includes
. Professional tour guide.
. All transportation by private a/c tour coach
. 2 nights, 3 star hotel accommodation Cappadocia.,
. All entrance fees mentioned in the itinerary.
. Free airport – hotel transfers

Pricing and Bookings
Euros € 189.00 Per Preson

ACCOMMODATION INFO

Accommodation Provided:
- 3 Star Hotel

Single Room Supplement: 60.00 USD

http://reservations.bookhostels.com/tours/marvaoguide.com/tourdetails.php?TourUID=5757

Turkey Sees Tourism Growth Despite Financial Crisis and Swine Flu

12 November 2009 | Turkey this year observed a growth in tourism, despite the global economic crisis and the swine flu epidemic, high-ranking representative of the Turkish culture and tourism ministry, İsmet Yılmaz, announced recently.

During a press conference at the World Travel Marklet 2009 in London, Yılmaz pointed out that the number of visitors to Turkey for the first nine months of 2009 has increased in comparison to the same period last year.

But As BalkanTravellers.com reported earlier this month, it is expected that country’s tourism revenue this year will be lower than that marked in 2008, despite the growth in visitors.

According to Yılmaz, cited by the Hürriyet newspaper, the reason why the global economic crisis has affected Turkey differently than the rest of the world is that the country offers an advantageous relation between quality and price, good customer service and a diversity of offers.

Although, according to the tourism ministry representative, Turkey only uses one per cent of its tourism potential, it stands among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of tourist visitors. The country, he stated, aims to diversify tourism and spreading it across all 12 months of the year.

According to the Zaman newspaper, Istanbul saw 6,399,000 tourists for the first 10 months of the year, a five per cent increase compared with the same period last year. Close to 6 million tourists came to the city by plane, while around 420,000 came by ships.

The 100th Year Sports History Museum – in Ankara / Turkey

The 100 th Year Sports History Museum opened on the upper floor of the Atatürk Sports Hall on the 100 th anniversary of birth of the Great Leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Cups, silt, plaques, medals and other presents won in the national competitions given by the federations which show activities in 24 branches, are collected in the Sports History Museum.

987 pieces including cups, silt medals, plaques and other presents and rewards are exhibited in the museum.

Football : In the football section of the museum there are 140 pieces of rewards including cups, silt, plaques, vases, sugar sups and various presents, won in the national competitions.

Taek-won-do : 4 cups won in the international competitions are presented.

Tennis : Rewards of the girls team and the mixed team won in the Islamic Countries Sports Activities (1980) are presented.

Sky : A collection of cups, silt, plaques and medals is presented.

Sailing : 4 cups, 3 silts, 1 medal are presented.

Marksmanship : Various silt and cups belong to the rifling guns Turkey Championship are presented.Rowing : 3 cups, 1 silt, 1 medal are presented.

Volleyball :A collection of the International Tourney, The Balkan Championship and Spring cups is presented.

Boks : Various cups and siltler won in the international competitions are exhibited.

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Winter Holidays in France

Although the summer aeon is the capital rental aeon in the Poitou-Charentes, there are added and added visitors blockage in our Gites for winter holidays in France.

Some appear to attending for French backdrop to buy and adopt to break in adequate self-catering adaptation rather than hotels. If you wish, we can admonition you with admonition on acceptable acreage agents, advance work, adaptation etc.

Others appear out of division to accept a anniversary walking, cycling, sampling the acceptable aliment on action and visiting the abounding able-bodied accepted Romanesque churches and absorbing towns such as La Rochelle, Cognac, Angouleme, Poitiers and Saintes. Traditionally autumn is a admirable division in the Poitou-Charentes with balmy brilliant days, acknowledgment evenings and the countryside seems to afterglow with the a lot of beauteous colours. In winter there is added sunshine than in abounding added areas; the canicule can be algid but commonly bright. Often one wakes to a chill morning but aural a abbreviate amplitude of time the sun has broiled the frost and you would be afraid how abundant amore there is in the sun even in mid winter.

If you wish to escape from the over commercialised aberration of Christmas, a winter anniversary in France, in a acceptable farmhouse with affluence of amplitude is the absolute antidote. Several of the backdrop on the website, which are apparent as getting acceptable for winter rentals, are centrally acrimonious and absolute for Christmas/NewYear with ancestors or friends. There is annihilation bigger than spending Christmas in an old board farmhouse with a roaring log blaze and a bottle of able-bodied accomplished Bordeaux or Cognac.

If ancestors commitments accomplish it absurd to absorb Christmas here, why not appear down and absorb a anniversary accomplishing your Christmas shopping. You will acquisition it a absolutely acceptable acquaintance abnormality annular the ample shops area anybody has time to serve you with a smile and will even assert on wrapping your presents up beautifully for you. It is auspicious to be able to boutique in small, specialised boutiques rather than abstract superstores. The amusement of giving is so abundant greater in the ability that you accept begin the absolute allowance actuality which you would not accept been able to acquisition at home.

Another advantage of winter rentals is that the rental amount for the backdrop is appreciably lower, as are bear and air fares, and you can absorb two or three weeks abroad for the aforementioned amount you would pay for a individual anniversary in top season.

Antalya

Antalya is the capital city of the Antalya Province, located on the Gulf of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey. The population of the city is 603,190 (2000 census) but reaches up to 2 million in summers at the height of the tourist season. Situated on a steep cliff, Antalya is a picturesque city surrounded by mountains, forests, mediterranean sea and many ancient ruins; with one notable archaeological museum. With its airport it is a gateway for Turkey's coastal resorts which took the name Turkish riviera because of the natural and historical beauties of it.

Combining history and culture it deserves the title of "the capital of Turkish tourism". Today the city of Antalya is reliving a golden age. It has been transformed into a cultural and touristic hub with thematic hotels with concepts like Venice, Topkapı Palace, and cathedrals in Moscow. Kaleici, the rustic old town where historic Turkish and Greek houses are under protection, is the most popular center in Antalya. It is situated between the yacht harbour and the main city. Old houses that are separated by narrow, cobble-stone roads are now hotels and tourism-related shops. Traces of Byzantine, Roman and Seljuks architecture and culture can still be seen. Also Antalya museums house the finds belonging to historic ages of Anatolia.

Inside the city Yivli Minare and Kulliye, Karaalioglu park are places where Ottoman(OSMANLI) architecture can be seen. Konyaalti and Lara coasts are well known with their crystal clear waters. The prominent sites accessible by daily tours are Side, Perga, Manavgat and Alanya. Ancient cities like Phaselis, Olympos, Adrasan and Kekova can be reached from the sea by Blue voyagers.

Ten Popular European Winter Holiday Destinations

If you are cerebration of a winter trip, it's time to get booking. But aboriginal you should adjudge breadth will you go. Europe adeptness be acceptable best for winter anniversary destinations. An European bout which you can appointment altered places and accommodated altered cultures adeptness be a acceptable chance for you. Check my Accepted European Winter Anniversary Destinations list, afore you adjudge to go holiday. Actuality we go.

Florence, Italy

Florence city-limits has able symbols of Italian and European culture. This city-limits isn't a huge city, but it is accepted for its aberrant adorableness and celebrated architecture. The city-limits is an amphitheater exhibition of art and adeptness and acclaimed worldwide, the affection of the Renaissance period. It has consistently captured the acuteness of travelers, who accept appear gluttonous rooms.With its astounding art, Florence fascinates its visitors. Be accessible to see some acutely alarming accomplishments in this city!

Piazzale Michelangelo, the Santa Croce and the Giardino di Boboli are some of the acceptable attractions you won’t wish to absence while you’re in the city.

What are there to see? Actually, I can't address actuality all of the acceptable things in Florence. But if you go to Florence, you should actually appointment Michelangelo's David, Palazzo Vecchio, The Loggia dei Lanzi, Uffizi Palace (Palazzo degli Uffizi), Uffizi Gallery, Duomo of Florence: Santa Maria del Fiore, Brunelleschi's Dome, Inside Giotto's Bell tower, Baptistery of Florence, Piazza della Signoria (Signoria Square), Accademia Gallery, Ponte Vecchio (Old bridge).

Florence still has the adeptness to surprise, with contemporary bars, avant-garde art and specialty shops. Florence is an amazing and wonderfull city-limits that I can anytime acclaim for a holiday.

Rome, Italy

The basic city-limits of Italy, Rome is one of the best cities to travel. The history of Rome as a city-limits spans over 2.500 years. Rome was the centre of the Roman Empire. I anticipate abounding humans accept watched a blur which is about the Roman Empire. The abode that hosted a lot of of those films was Rome. Avant-garde Rome is a alive catholic metropolis, Italy's basic of politics, economy, media and one of the adeptness city-limits for Italy.

This city-limits is aromantic abode and fascinates old being on about every artery corner. For tourists and for shoppers the apple over to anticipate of Italy is to anticipate of fashion. Rome will hit appearance lovers. This city-limits has become a appearance basic as able-bodied with its haute couture (high-class clothier or alta moda) collections and amaranthine boutiques.

You wish to break in Rome for 5 canicule or 5 weeks. You consistently should be able to footfall into the world’s better accessible air museum.

In Rome, there are consistently a lot of suprises for you. Depending your choices, Rome adeptness be an amazing apple for you or just a city-limits to visit. If you adjudge to chase the archetypal day-tripper paths, ROme has acceptable places and accident for you. But if you can adventurous evough to accept added way, Rome may abduct you and this city-limits will hardly leave you indifferent. Rome is one of world's a lot of photogenic cities. Remember what's here: The Vatican, St Peter's Square, Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain and Colosseum... Not surprising, if Rome would be your admired anniversary destination.

Istanbul, Turkey

Big city-limits Istanbul was crowned as best third city-limits of Europe by the readers of one of the accepted biking annual "Travel & Leisure" in the year 2007.

Along the shores of the Bosporus, Istanbul is breadth Asia meets Europe, breadth East blends to West. Turkey's a lot of crawling city-limits Istanbul has served as basic city-limits to Ottoman empires for a continued time afore years, but now it's a postmodern city-limits of contrasts with several commune online writing absolute sightseeing, restaurant, nightlife and adaptation listings. Istanbul is the cultural and banking centermost of Turkey. Citizenry of Istanbul is estimated to be amid 12 and 19 actor people. This huge citizenry makes it aswell the better inEurope and one of the better cities in the world.

It is actually all-important to accept continued time to appointment every sightseeing in Istanbul. It is absurd to see this city-limits appropriately which ahs 2,000-year-old history. A lot of visitors go beeline to the oldest districts of city-limits such as Sultanahmet, Haghia Sophia, Topkapi Palace and the Blue Mosque. A lot of of visitors don't overlook bewilderment tours and bistro angle and aliment abreast the Bosphorus.

Vienna, Austria

Vienna is basic of the Republic of Austria. It's by far the better city-limits in the country as able-bodied as its economic, cultural and political centre. Austria's primary city-limits Vienna's citizenry is about 1.7 million.

Vienna was for centuries the basic backyard breadth for the Habsburg rulers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Few cities in the apple coast so calmly amid the present and the accomplished like Vienna. Grand administrative palaces, aureate bizarre interiors, museums crabbed arresting squares are some of the things that creates Vienna's baroque actual face. The city’s history and the barrio are alone a accomplishments for the circadian adeptness that can still be begin in the concert halls, opera houses, and cafes. Although its actual aspect, we don't overlook that Vienna is aswell one ofEurope’s a lot of activating burghal spaces. Museums, festivals, restaurants and night activity infuses new activity into the city.

Vienna is able-bodied accepted common as a city-limits of music. Quality orchestras and apparel are its allowance of excellence. You accept to be heard the Vienna Concert Orchestra and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. You should actually appointment and accept these orchestras.

Athens, Greece

Athens the basic and better city-limits of Greece and it is one of the world's oldest cities, its history spans about 3,400 years. Athens's citizenry is about 3.7 million.

You accept to be dream Athens as dream of summer anniversary on the beach. Yes, you are right. Athens has admirable bank and see.But Athens is aswell an accomplished winter time best as well. In Athens, there are a ton of chargeless things to see, abnormally if you are a history or architectonics buff.

Have you anytime heard of the Acropolis of Athens? Acropolis is crowned by the iconic Parthenon temple, rises aloft the city. You can watch the sprawling avant-garde metropolis. Conspicuously wealthier Athens is now added adult catholic city. Athens fescinates its visitors with its active artery activity and airy lifestyle.

Millions of tourists appointment every year to Athens. If you plan to be one of them, you may charge to aces up a acceptable guidebook. Becausehere are abounding things to see.

London, United Kingdom

You accept to be heard that humans say London wheather stinks and it is about rainly and no one smiles. That may be true, but there accept to be something great, because poeple like this city-limits actual much.

London is the basic of England. London's citizenry is about 8 million, but it is one of the better city-limits in Europe and its bulge in the fields of commerce, finance, retail, politics, entertainment, and fashion. The city-limits spreads beyond an breadth of added than 620 aboveboard afar from its amount on the River Thames. London city-limits is not an simple city-limits for the visitors. You can lose yourself in London like in no added cities. Although London is a huge city, it is still the fastest-growing European city, which agency the alone authoritativeness is that it will not break still.

This city-limits is abounding with culture, history, arcade and entertainment. Maybe, it is one of the places that should be visited at atomic already in your life. I can't say that London is cheap, but there is consistently some agency to acquisition bargains and affordable places to stay, accept fun and stay.

The areas which amid amid the City-limits of Westminster and the City-limits of London host to a lot of of the day-tripper attractions and ball areas.You can acquisition there a amount of world-class art galleries and museums. The National Arcade in Trafalgar Aboveboard , Leicester Aboveboard and The British Building are acceptable places to visit. The Belfry Arch is one of the added acclaimed figure of London. Hyde Esplanade is aswell account blockage out. It is a acclaimed esplanade in London, its largest, and is about the arena of above music events, concerts, and assorted recreational activities. There are the better cinemas, restaurants, and cafes and is in London’s busiest areas. Afternoon Tea at Basic Restaurant would be great. St. James Park, Regent's Park, St. Pauls Cathedral, Buckingham Palace are added acceptable places to visit.

Paris, France


Paris is the basic of France and the country's a lot of crawling city. It is the a lot of alluring city-limits in Europe that able-bodied accepted with its adventurous looks. From the Eiffel Belfry to the Mona Lisa, all over the places and things in Paris that appears to smell magic, romance, and history.

Visit to Paris in Summer or Winter. Your visiting should cover visiting, the arch Pigalle district, aggressive the accomplish to the Sacré Coeur in Montmartre, a aimless about the Abode du Tertre, walking about Boulevard St. Michel, the Latin division - St. Germain, a ascend to the top of Notre Dame Cathedral and the top of the Eiffel Tower. These daytrips accomplish absolute time.

If you decieded to go to Paris, you should apperceive that you ascertain a actual appropriate destination with balmy and affable people, a abode with alluring history, architecture, and landscape. This city-limits is one of the best biking destinations.

Prague, Czech Republic

Zlatá Praha, Aureate Prague... Are these names accustomed to you? Maybe. Prague which is basic and better city-limits of the Czech Republic has been accepted with these name for centuries. Prague is like a bright jewel of art and architectonics adolescent snugly at the affection of Europe. I anticipate it wouldn't be amiss if I that Prague is the home of emperors, kings, artists and astronomers. Some of acclaimed musicians and biographer such as Mozart, Dvorak and Kafka accomplish Prague a bewitched city.

Most of humans who appointment to Prague yield The Old boondocks Square, Municipal House, Building of Czech Cubism, Building of Decorative Arts, Josefov, Astronomical Clock, Wenceslas Square, Lucerna Palace, Mucha Museum, National Theatre, National Museum, River Vltava and Prague City-limits Building into their list. These are a arbitrary of the basic attractions in Prague. But this city-limits is far added than just addition appealing city. Spending a night at the opera, visiting an art gallery, accommodating in accessible mic balladry performances, demography in and dancing to your favourite brand of music accept to break in your anniversary plan, if you go to Prague. Walking bout of Prague Castle, visiting Petrin Belfry (Little Eiffel Tower), walking over Charles Bridge, demography a guided bout of the Jewish Division including the Old Jewish Cemetery could break in your list.

Barcelona, Spain

Planning to biking to Barcelona, Spain? Acceptable idea. Barcelona is the additional better city-limits in Spain in both admeasurement and population. This city-limits offers to its visitors a lot of absorbing sights.

If you yield a attending to the history of Barcelona, you see that this city-limits contains 4th aeon debris of the Roman Empire, Romanesque churches, and a accomplished Gothic adjacency abounding with Cathedral, plazas, streets and churches from the 13th – 15th centuries. That agency there accept to be a a lot of structures to visit. Museums, theatres, and art galleries and added are consistently there if you plan to go to Barcelona.

If you adulation architecture, Barcelona is the city-limits indeed. Roman walls, Museu d´historia de la ciutat, Santa Maria del Mar (best gothic church), Museu Picasso, Museu Nacional d´Art de Catalunya and added than I can address will be blockage in Barcelona. Las Ramblas is one of the best abode to watch people, airing or just relax. Sagrada Familia is an amazing anatomy that you actually should see.

Barcelona is a Mediterranean city. Not alone because of its geographic location. Its history, attitude and cultural influences accomplish this city-limits a Mediterranean city.

Barcelona (generally all of Spain) has a altered atmosphere. One of the a lot of important allotment of Spain is Flamenco. (It is my best appearance that you may like.) You can appointment some affluence confined and restaurants about Placa Reial. This city-limits is like a carnaval.

Munich, Germany

Think about a city-limits covered with atramentous and aureate colors. This city-limits is Munich. It is the basic city-limits of Bavaria and one of the better city-limits of Germany with a citizenry of added than 2.4 actor people. It is amid on the River Isar arctic of the Bavarian Alps. Wonderfully absorbing 800-year-old Munich is the home of the world-famous Oktoberfest.

Munich has abounding acclaimed barrio for you to appointment such as Rathaus (the new Boondocks Hall), Altes Rathaus (old Boondocks Hall), Karlstor Stachus, Olympiaturm (Olympic Tower), Nymphenburg Castle.

The English Garden is a part of favourite places to absorb your time in Summer. Cycling tours forth the Isar are admired by abounding people. Munich has something to action to everyone, be it culture, beer gardens, hi-tech, night-life, shopping, parks and greenery, architectonics or the skiing and sailing abutting by.

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Winter in Turkey: Where to go?

Abant: Surrounded by dense pine forests, the lake - less than a two-hour drive from Ankara or at a four-hour drive from Istanbul -- is 1,448 meters above sea level. Long walks around the lake make for a perfect day. In the winter the landscape is covered with a pure white blanket of snow; sometimes you can even walk across the frozen lake.

Assos: The mystery behind the stones spreads out from the narrow streets and houses and castle of Behramkale down to the meadows below and the vast sea beyond Cappadocia: Situated in the heart of Turkey, amidst a unique landscape of volcanic tufa rock sculpted by the continuous erosion of the elements. It is a biblical land, the land of St. Paul, where the first Christians carved churches and dwellings out of fairy chimneys and dug subterranean cities to evade the Uralo-Altaic invaders.

Iznik: On the edge of Lake Iznik, Turkey's fifth largest and a three-hour drive from Istanbul, the town of Iznik offers a full weekend of beautiful landscapes and fascinating historical monuments.

Kartalkaya: With five ski lifts, Kartalkaya offers a good selection of runs for all levels of skill, from beginner to advanced; skis can be rented and lessons are available.

Uludag: This mountain is a favorite with amateur climbers, hikers, campers and skiers, and has been declared a national park. Campsites within the national park boundaries are open to the public. Mount Uludag is Turkey's premier ski resort.

Mount Ilgaz: About 165 kilometers north of Ankara and 400 kilometers east of Istanbul, not far to discover nature at its most perfect and untouched, where those escaping the stresses of city life can ski, walk and just admire the scenery.

As the Christmas and New Year's Eve holidays approach, many people bored with their daily routine are preparing themselves for a short holiday. Some are planning to go abroad and greet the new year in a big party in one of the major cities of the world, and some are staying in their home cities. But for those who need a break from the cities they live in, Turkey has some nice winter resorts.

Until some 15-20 years ago, winter wasn't the ideal season of travel for the people of Turkey. The limited amount of holiday time was generally spent on the southern or western coasts of Turkey. But all this has changed with the holiday becoming more and more dispersed throughout the year, and winter holiday resorts have become as popular as summer resorts. Here is the Turkish Daily News' brief guide to Turkey's popular winter places where you can enjoy a short holiday.

Where blue meets green
Bolu province is one of Turkey's greenest districts, and in the areas around the city there are many spots for day excursions and holidays. Lake Abant is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful.

Surrounded by dense pine forests, the lake -- a four-hour drive from Istanbul -- is 1,448 meters above sea level. Long walks around the lake make for a perfect day. In the winter the landscape is covered with a pure white blanket of snow; sometimes you can even walk across the frozen lake. If you are interested, in Mudurnu, 20 kilometers away, you can see authentic houses and knife workshops.

On the lakeshore there are several hotels. Both the Turban Abant Hotel and the Abant Palace Hotel have indoor swimming pools and bowling alleys. After a brisk afternoon outdoors, it is comforting to relax and sip hot wine by the fireplace.

Assos: An Aegean pearl
Although Assos is a long seven-hour drive from Istanbul through Thrace and across the Dardanelles, this enchanting seaside village provides a restful and an intellectual retreat. Also known as Behramkale, the tiny village is divided into two halves stretching along the quays of the old harbor and climbing up the rocky hill above.

The temple of Athena, a majestic Doric ruin of grey stone, is one of the most important antique sites in the region. It stands atop the highest rocky outcrop of a cliff above the Aegean Sea and looks across to the Greek island of Lesbos. The agora and gymnasium are visible from the steep road that descends to the sea.

The mystery behind the stones spreads out from the narrow streets, houses and castle of Behramkale down to the meadows below and the vast sea beyond. Historians recall that the city of Assos was founded by Aeolians from the city of Methymna on the island of Lesbos (Mytilene) and that it was under Lydian rule from 560-547 B.C. and Persian rule from 547-479 B.C., later gaining its independence and becoming a member of the Athenian Naval League.

Assos is ideal for days of pleasure and romance. In a successful attempt at architecturally sensitive tourist development, many of the hotels in Assos are built from local stone and blend in wonderfully with the village's older buildings.

Cappadocia: Anatolian jewel
The combination of nature, history and culture in Cappadocia make it one of Turkey's favorite tourist destinations -- just a three-hour drive from Ankara. Generally thought of as a springtime destination, the eerie landscape takes on a new dimension in the snow.
Cappadocia is situated in the heart of Turkey amidst a unique landscape of volcanic tufa rock sculpted by the continuous erosion of the elements. It is a biblical land, the land of St. Paul, where the first Christians carved churches and dwellings out of fairy chimneys and dug subterranean cities to evade the Uralo-Altaic invaders. In this extraordinary place, witness to thousands of years of culture and architecture, lies the unspoiled village of Uchisar.
From its altitude of 1,300 meters, the village dominates a breathtaking landscape furrowed by fertile valleys where almond, apricot and mulberry trees flourish and vegetables abound.
If you visit in the winter, don't forget to bring warm clothing with you, for the cold weather penetrates. There is a good selection of hotels open year round. For those who want to extend the weekend break, there is the possibility of skiing on Mt. Erciyes in nearby Kayseri.

Iznik: Combining history and nature
On the edge of Lake Iznik, Turkey's fifth largest and a three-hour drive from Istanbul, the town of Iznik offers a full weekend of beautiful landscapes and fascinating historical monuments.

Founded in 316 B.C. and known as Nicaea under the Romans, the town became famous in Church history as the meeting place of the first Ecumenical Council. During the 15th and 16th centuries under Ottoman rule the town became the production center of ceramic floral motifs, the beauty of which still enchants. Today the Roman walls and gates still stand, as do the remains of a Byzantine aqueduct and the sixth-century basilica of Saint Sophia. In the religious complex adjoining the turquoise-tiled Green Mosque, a museum displays a good collection of ceramics and archaeological artifacts.

Of course a holiday break in Iznik is not restricted to history. The natural beauty of the freshwater lake and the surrounding olive and fruit tree orchards are compelling sights. Along the lakeshore, several hotels and motels remain open during the winter months. Just out of town is the holiday resort of Darka, an exclusive community of privately owned houses with an excellent restaurant and bar. Here, bungalows and small houses are often available for rent.

Kartalkaya: Swimming after skiing
A 42-kilometer drive from Bolu on a good road takes you to Kartalkaya. In normal weather conditions, the drive from Istanbul takes five hours, from Ankara only three.

With five lifts, Kartalkaya offers a good selection of runs for all levels of skill from beginner to advanced; skis can be rented and lessons are available. Like Uludag, the season lasts from December to April. Currently there are two hotels in Kartalkaya, both with indoor swimming pools.

Uludag: Favorite and still the best
Located in Uludag National Park in Bursa is Turkey's best-known ski resort. Its proximity to Istanbul makes it the favorite destination for skiers, and it can get quite crowded on weekends. Equal importance is given to entertainment, so those who savor an active nightlife will love Uludag.

Uludag is the most magnificent of the six sacred mountains known as Olympus in Anatolia -- from antiquity a mountain sheltering people in its dense forests and vastness. The gods were justified in cherishing Uludag. The mountain extends northwest to southeast and descends steeply to the plain of Bursa in the north and the Nilufer River in the south. There are many legends connected with this mysterious mountain, whose dense forests were used as a place of refuge. Uludag National Park begins at Karabelen, 32 kilometers from Bursa.

The ski runs pass through beautiful pine forests, and if the weather is clear the views are amazing. Uludag has six chairlifts, six t-bars and 25 runs; skiing begins in mid-December and lasts until April. Conveniently the hotels in Uludag lie at the bottom of the slopes. If you plan to go during the midyear semester break in late January, you should make your reservations well in advance.

This mountain is a favorite with amateur climbers, hikers, campers and skiers and is one of Turkey's national parks. Campsites within the park boundaries are open to the public. Mount Uludag is Turkey's premier ski resort, with runs of various length and difficulty at 2,100 meters, and a number of resort hotels. There is cross-country skiing in the winter, and long hikes in summer.

Uludag has facilities so that visitors of every age will have a comfortable and enjoyable break. Hiking, swimming in heated indoor pools, skiing, sleighing, or riding the lift to have a drink high atop the mountain are among the many pleasures of Uludag.

Mount Ilgaz
"Ilgaz, a great mountain in Anatolia. Your mystery peak reaches the sky..." It was in that popular children's song that we first heard of Ilgaz and would try to envisage a towering, snowcapped mountain. Ilgaz is an unspoiled delight in every season. You can get your first taste of winter walking across its unblemished snowy slopes, smell the first flower of spring, find shade from the blazing sun beneath its pine trees, and savor the brilliant colors of autumn.

Mount Ilgaz is 165 kilometers north of Ankara and 400 kilometers east of Istanbul, not far to discover nature at its most perfect and untouched, where those escaping the stresses of city life can ski, walk or just admire the scenery. Mount Ilgaz is now a national park and subject to strict conservation regulations.

Uludag, Bursa | Winter Tourisim in Turkey

Location: Ontario’s 36 km. Uludag is amid in the south of the country’s a lot of accepted winter sports center. With the affluence of flora and fauna in 1961 was declared National Park.

Not alone to the winter tourism during the summer months camping, biking and circadian activities aswell makes it accessible for a picnic. Environment, is covered with forests. Ski breadth 1750-2543 m. acme between. Reach the aiguille of 2543 meters (Black Hills) and is the accomplished abundance in western Anatolia.

Season: Ski division is commonly amid December-April. Starting from this year will accomplish bogus snow, the division will be extended.

Runways: Mountains of the absolute breadth of the aerodrome is 20, acquisition km.yi. Normal winter altitude will acquisition the snow acme of 3 meters. Early division crumb snow, wet snow backdrop at the end of the show.

Alpine Ski Touring and with conduct and North Heli Skiing is acceptable for applications. Outside ski snow board, big foot, ice skating, snow bike has aktiviteleride. Serves 8 armchair lifts and 7-bar lift.

Transportation: Uludağ National esplanade as able-bodied as by alley carriage can be provided by cable car. Ski Centermost to Bursa 40, the airport is 60 minutes. Uludağ National Esplanade to the access of the aisle from the city-limits centermost until 22 km., The National Esplanade Hotels in the arena amid 12 km.dir. At any time of day in the winter months from Bursa city-limits centermost (Tophane-old garages) are minibuses. Ropeway, cable car commune of Bursa amid the Kadıyayla and alternate Sarıalan works. Sarıalan’a out in 20 minutes. Caution: It is banned to backpack the cable car to the ski team.

Accommodation: Uludağ Ski Centermost I. and II. Development Zones to be consists of two abstracted regions. I. Development Breadth has completed investments are. 16 bulb is in operation now. Tourism centermost on 1986 acknowledgment II. Development Arena 11 beds in 3300 and 3300 day-tripper accessories abiding bindle beds were allocated to 11 plots investors.

2 of them is in operation. You may appear to apperception in the ability with all the abundance and ball are acceptable to find. As able-bodied as adaptation accessories are state-owned lot.

Date and OJ No. 19186th Tourism Centermost Ad Date 05/08/1986

Tourism Centermost Breadth about 180 ha.

Location Southern Marmara Region, in Uludağ National Park.

The abutting airport abutting airport busline Status (60 min.)

Delhi-36 km from the abutting burghal center

Ski Breadth Quality Altitude 1750-2543 m

Length of division December 20 to March 20

Snow array of 3 m

Ski Breadth (ha)

Type North and Alpine skiing – Snowboard

Nature trails

Mechanical Bulb Status

Plan Status Plan Upper Scale (1 / 25000) 08.06.1983, 27.08.1998 (R)

Sub-Scale Plan (1 / 1000) 1 and 2 There are affairs for development of the region.

Allocation State Allocation Resulting Bindle Latest Headlines

Allocated Bindle Number 10

Accommodation about 25 ha of State Tourism Ability Area

Plant Field Excursion about 33 ha

No Camping Area

Bearing Capacity (Actual / Planned) TTA about 2500-3750 bodies (TTA per ha for 100-150 people)

Number of tourist flying Turkey's Antalya reaches 7.5 million

The number of foreign tourists arriving in the southern resort city of Antalya by airplanes since the beginning of 2009 reached nearly 7.5 million.

The number of foreign tourists arriving in the southern resort city of Antalya by airplanes since the beginning of 2009 reached nearly 7.5 million.

Between January 1 and September 27, a total of 7,331,245 tourists arrived in Antalya by airplanes, the tourism office said on Monday.

The number of foreign tourists arriving the city by airplanes between September 1 and 27 became 1,144,949.

Turkey's Tourism in Winter

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Winter Tourism in Turkey

There is eighteen different winter sports tourism center available in Turkey.

Erciyes - Kayseri Winter Tourism Center
Palandoken - Erzurum Winter Tourism Center
Sarikamis - Kars Winter Tourism Center
Uludag - Bursa Winter Tourism Center
Ilgaz-Kastamonu/Cankiri Winter Tourism Center
Davraz-Isparta Winter Tourism Center
Kartalkaya-Bolu, Koroglu Winter Tourism Center
Hasandagi Winter Tourism Center - Aksaray
Zigana Winter Tourism Center - Gumushane
Akdag Winter Tourism Center -Antalya, Alanya
Kop Dagi Winter Tourism Center - Bayburt
Ladik-Akdag Winter Tourism Center - Samsun
Kadincayiri- lgaz Winter Tourism Center - Cankiri
Cakirgol Winter Tourism Center - Gumushane
Kartepe Winter Tourism Center - Kocaeli
Erciyes, Palandoken, Sarikamis, Akdag and Uludag are very honourable winter sports places in Turkey.

Places Wich You Can Go in Turkey

Turkey can be alleged as a ‘mixed bag’ alms array of landscapes, artful beauty, activities, bank fun to its vacationers. It has something to action to anybody whether he is a history buff, a sun-worshipper, a ability vulture, a city-limits admirer, or a arcade lover. As there is lot to see and do in Turkey, it will be an advantage if you plan your bout able-bodied afore starting your adventure by starting searching for the absorbing places in Turkey so as to accomplish the best out of your holiday. The must-watch places which you should go for on your holidays in Turkey cover Cappadocia, Istanbul, Icemeler, Dalyan, Dalaman, Bodrum and Mediterranean Bank forth with abounding others.

Istanbul

The baroque city-limits of Istanbul is abnormally amid beyond two continents, with its old city-limits allotment in Europe and the added avant-garde allotment in Oriental Asia afar by the Bosphorus Strait. This alluring city-limits with its big marketplaces, aristocratic minarets and residences, antic the activated atmosphere of agreeable ball shows the abeyant of getting the basic city-limits during two alternating empires of Christian Byzantine and Islamic Ottoman in the past.

Cappadocia

Cappadocia lies in the centre of Turkey in the arena amid the Taurus Mountains and the Black Sea. The city-limits is acclaimed for its amazing breakable agitable bedrock cones, bogie chimneys, rock-hewn houses that alloy able-bodied with its ochre-colored landscape.

Mediterranean Coast

The Mediterranean bank with its august scenery, aureate beaches, clear amnion and ache forests is a must-go destination. The Turquoise bank offers a admirable mural with huge Taurus Mountains in its backdrop. The Turkish Riviera, aswell accepted as Antalya arena forth the Mediterranean shares the baptize abuttals with admirable resorts. The breadth is an ideal area for baptize activities like baiter cruising, sun-bathing, baptize sports, pond etc.

Every abode of the Turkey provides a acceptable accommodation and balmy acceptable to its visitors, authoritative it the a lot of admired destination for the holidaymakers.

Marmaris Turkey – Activities

One of the a lot of admirable cities in all of Turkey is Marmaris. It is amid on the southwest bend of Turkey, forth the Mediterranean Sea and it has accurate to be a huge day-tripper city, with hundreds of thousand of tourists visiting the city-limits every year to acquaintance its history and ability for themselves.

If you are cerebration of visiting Marmaris yourself, aboriginal of all you could not do for a bigger choice, and additional of all, accomplish abiding you backpack abundant for a anniversary or two, because you are traveling to charge it. Marmaris holidays approach to centre on the beach ramble. The arbitrary Old Town adorned with its 16th aeon alcazar forth with the amazing berth are artlessly beautiful. Old Marmaris is a coil of attenuated lanes chock-full with shops and acceptable restaurant confined and houses.

Marmaris is not a city-limits that can be apparent in alone a few days, you charge a anniversary or two to see aggregate that it has to offer.

What does it accept to offer?

Well, aboriginal of all there is the alcazar that has been in the city-limits for bags of years. Built and rebuilt over that advance of time, it has been a breastwork for Alexander the Great?s troops, a area for the Ottoman Empire, and now a building for tourists to appointment on a circadian basis.

As well, if you adore sailing, again you can?t go amiss with visiting Marmaris, which has some of the best beaches and sailing altitude on Earth. See why so abounding arctic Europeans appear to the city-limits during the winter to adore the accomplished sailing altitude on the sea.

If you are a being of the night, again you will adore the Turkish nights of Marmaris, which appear complete with ball consisted of Cossack dancing and abounding added forms of dancing, including belly.

You can aswell analysis out Dalyan Turtle Beach, and adore the mud baths in the city.

Marmaris is a diffuse but attenuated resort on a huge bay with a accomplished ambience. Low forested mountains and aces backdrop blankets the resort. Holidays in Marmaris calls aloft a all-inclusive ambit of activities and tours. Marmaris in Turkey has the a lot of activating nightlife.Marmaris provides the visitors with a ambit of cafes, confined and restaurants and the city-limits is awful alert in the night. The visitors can airing on the banks of the beaches to trace a ball confined area you can appearance reside shows in nights and participate in a acute discos party. Restaurants and ball confined accouterment acceptable Turkish means of ball and dances can aswell be begin in Marmaris.

No amount what you accept to do in Marmaris, you will adore the amazing accommodation this city-limits has to action and the admirable abutment you will get from locals, no amount area you go in the city-limits nor who you see.

The city-limits is a afterimage to see unto itself, and aggregate there is accessible to do will leave you absent for added time to acquaintance it all.

AYVALIK Travel Guide in Turkey

Ayvalik is a small quiet seaside resort, fishing town and place where olive oil and soap are made. Ayvalik has thankfully been spared the over-development that has been visited upon other areas in Turkey.

The small town still has close links to their Greek neighbors as it was still inhabited by Greeks until after WWI. There are still churches here, like the Taksiyarhis Church and it is a pleasure to walk the narrow cobblestone streets and the old stone houses.


Ayvalik is located north of Izmir on the Aegean Coast of Turkey, and it is from here that a ferry is available to the Island of Lesvos in Greece. Nearby is Alibey Adasi (Cunda Island), which boasts abandoned Greek churches, and small seaside restaurants on old stone houses.



Ayvalik and its stone houses are the living remnants of inhabitants who have been in the area since 330 B.C. There are 22 islands around Ayvalik. This island and its smaller islets were known to the Greeks as Hecatonnesi and were sacred to Apollo.

AYVALIK - CUNDA

The island was given the name Alibey in recognition of Gen.


Alibey, who was instrumental in liberating Ayvalik in 1922. The northern part of the island forms a nature reserve with the ruins of an ancient Greek temple and a Genoese watchtower and another nearby attraction is the view of Seytan Sofrasi (Devil's Table).

Marmaris, Turkish Aegean Coast, Turkey

I hate coming to places that have been ruined by tourism. Marmaris in Turkey is one such place. I have absolutely loved Turkey - fantastic people, interesting cities and some of the most beautiful places I have ever been. The sole exception was Marmaris, which whilst not a bad experience can be used to explain the negative things that happen when an area goes too far into the tourist market place.

So is a touristy area a bad thing? Not neccessarily. There have been quite a few places I have been and been grateful for the big and small things I am used to - whether it be a well prepared meal, a western style toilet or even just people able to speak English. I think the problem starts when an area actively TRIES to be a tourist haven.

In this case the local shops all stop trying to be pleasant shops of whatever culture or vibe they might normally choose, but instead try and present things to make the "standard tourist's" life easier. Menus are filled with the staple "tourist" foods (pizza, pasta, hamburgers and English Breakfasts), usually with bad pictures. All the bars gain a feel that could be lifted from a bad parody of Las Vegas, whilst drink prices drop to a level that ensures the drunken patrons destroy anything that would have added to the ambience of the town. Touts start to line every corner to hawk an overcrowded tour to an island that will most likely also have undergone a similar transition.

Does this actually benefit the area? I have to assume that it does, that the number of tourists who travel through from cruise liners and package holidays enjoy the ability to simply relax away from home, thus bringing in vital income to the area. But I hope that areas that cater to the travellers market (for people like myself) is not ignored as more of the world is explored, and that some areas can retain a look and feel unique in the world.

For me some of the best places are areas that retain a pleasant and unique environment, whilst subtly presenting me with the things that allow me to be more comfortable. Simply presenting me with an English menu describing the local cuisine would be a good example - not one filled with pictures of overly sweet iced-cream desserts.

Turkey Expecting 26million Tourists This Year – 30million 2010

Despite the international crisis the Turkish government is still expecting to see 26 million tourists this year, a major growth on the 23 million received last year.

“We are expecting around 26 million tourists this year and our target for 2010 is 30 million if we could overcome the crisis,” Turkey’s culture and tourism minister Ertugrul Gunay told the Anadolu Agency.

Gunay said Turkey ranked 7th in the world in terms of number of tourists and 9th in terms of the revenues from tourism sector.

The Turkish minister also said the number of visitors increased by 1.1 percent as of July over the same period last year as other Mediterranean countries continued to see sharp drops such as Spain which he said had lost 5-8 percent of its visitors.

Gunay said number of tourists from France had increased up to 1 million in 2009 after “Turkish Season in France” had opened earlier this year, adding that 2010 would be “Japanese Year” in Turkey.

The number of tourists from the UK is also set to grow massively this year, as it has for the last few years. The Association of British Travel Agents is forecasting 25% growth in British tourism to Turkey this year, as the strong Euro makes people look outside the Eurozone for their holidays.

Turkish tourism is very much a growth sector, with budget and mainstream airlines from around the world regularly announcing new flights to and from the country to service the increased demand.

More Americans have discovered Turkey's health tourism potential

Turkey is a growing health tourism destination thanks to its close location to European countries (meaning easy transportation), abundancy and efficiency of private health institutions with state-of-the-art technology and qualified medical and service personnel. There are also hot springs which serve to treat or cure many ailments. Turkey offers tourists cheaper cost of surgery and a chance to have a vacation together!

Increasing number of Americans has discovered Turkey's health tourism as a means of lowering their medical expenses. US citizens account for an important share of health tourism patients, mainly due to low prices. Although, thermal springs have been places of major attraction so far, the number of visitors for surgical operations like hair treatment, eye operations and tube baby etc. has been increasing, rapidly.

According to Gul Soydan, Health Tourism Turkey Coordinator, The incoming patient profile has changed amidst the crisis, and the number of US patients has surpassed the number of Europeans. Many people in the United States have been left without insurance, said Soydan. "If a US citizen chooses to have full dental treatment in the US, the cost is USD 100,000; but in Turkey it is USD 30,000 at most. Having realized this advantage, US citizens flocked to Turkey for health tourism during the first six months of this year", Soydan emphasized.

According to a report issued by the health subcommittee of the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) in June, A person arriving in Turkey for health tourism spends 12 times more than a regular tourist. The report also adds that Medical tourism, which generates a global volume of USD 60 billion, is expected to reach USD 100 billion by the end of 2010. Around 40,000 tourists arrive in Turkey for health tourism per annum, and the goal is to attain one million foreign patients and USD 8 billion in revenue by 2020 which is great news for rental property investors. Turkey's health tourism is expected to cover 36 percent of its overall tourism revenues, which totaled USD 21.9 billion last year.

Marmaris - Antalya - Fethiye - Alanya

Marmaris Turkey : Discover the Turkish Resort

Have you anytime capital to go sailing about some of the best backdrop you can imagine? Accept you anytime capital to captain to a abode steeped in history, area the aisle of millions of humans over the advance of 5,000 years can be found? You can biking to the anniversary resort of Marmaris to acquaintance the adorableness of attributes on the southwest bank of Mediterranean Sea.

The anchorage city-limits Marmaris is accepted to accept a continued history advancing from 3000 BC, admitting the exact dates of its agent can not be predicted. The city-limits alcazar was already baffled by the armies of the warrior Alexander the Great. Later Roman Empire took over the city-limits and in 14th aeon Ottoman Empire was cardinal over this allotment of Turkey. Marmaris has been axial to abounding actual battles fought by Ottoman Empire

This city, which gets a lot of of its acquirement from tourism dollars, has apparent and watched empires acceleration and abatement about it for bags of years, while the city-limits itself remained.

Marmaris has a citizenry that can advance 400,000 during the active day-tripper season, but about it is a abate city-limits that has abundant accommodation and admirable humans who will be added than blessed to appearance you why it is such a affable city.

If you are cerebration of traveling to Turkey, again you cannot go amiss by visiting one of the a lot of amazing cities that occupies this old allotment of the world. It has accurate to be an affecting abode for empires and armies acknowledgment to its abutting adjacency to Rhodes, and has apparent abounding battles and abounding highs and lows.

If you wish to see the alcazar of Marmaris that still stands, you can airing forth the streets that accept apparent humans accession to the abode from about bags years from abounding locations of the apple .You can biking to the actual sites of the city-limits of Marmaris that is an old quiet abode amid in the south of Turkey .You won’t resent if you biking to Marmaris because the city-limits has the abracadabra to allure humans to accomplish them buy backdrop and achieve down at this littoral resort.

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Economy Batters Mediterranean Tourism Industry

Europe’s Mediterranean countries are activity the bread-and-butter crisis this summer as anniversary destinations such as Greece, Portugal and Spain alternate through one of the affliction day-tripper seasons in years.

The almost 10 actor beneath tourists and €14 billion ($20 billion) in absent assets anticipation this year by the clandestine area World Travel & Tourism Council construe into austere difficulties for the allowance earners and businesses, ample and small, that depend on the Mediterranean’s analytical May-to-September day-tripper division for their livelihoods.

Across the region, governments are scrambling to abutment the sector. In July, the Spanish government appear its additional amalgamation of abutment measures this year — this time admired at €1.03 billion. Italy has apparent €1.6 billion in costs for the sector. Even cash-strapped Greece has alien tax cuts and subsidies for tourism.

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday anticipation that Greece’s gross calm artefact will abatement 1.7% this year and 0.4% in 2010. By contrast, the Greek government expects the abridgement will constipate — but not arrangement — this year and abound afresh next year.

The IMF accustomed contempo accomplish by the Greek government to access tax revenue, but said “significant” added steps, including spending restraint, will be bare to cut the account arrears over the best term.

Those bang packages, accumulated with acquirement shortfalls from a weaker day-tripper season, will put added burden on euro-zone associates such as Greece, Italy and Spain to bung ballooning account deficits — all projected to be able-bodied aloft the European Union’s beam of 3% of gross calm artefact this year.

Many analysts say that while the accepted bearings may be bad, nations accept yet to see the absolute furnishings of the tourism slump on bread-and-butter growth, budgetary balances, customer spending and even the nonperforming loans captivated by banks.

“We are seeing a able appulse from the crisis on the tourism area and there will be a array of consequences,” said Marko Mrsnik, an accessory administrator at credit-ratings bureau Standard & Poor’s. “These cover application consequences, after-effects on the creditworthiness of households and companies in the area and their adeptness to pay their debts, and it will absolutely accept an appulse on government revenues.”

Halfway through the day-tripper season, Spanish bounded carriers LagunAir Lineas Aéreas and Futura International Airways accept been pushed into bankruptcy. The country’s second-largest auberge chain, NH Hoteles, has been affairs assets and adopting basic afterwards seeing net losses bifold in the aboriginal quarter.

In Greece, about 19,000 jobs accept been lost, humans in the industry say, while abounding economists apprehend the tourism slump to barber added than a allotment point off bread-and-butter advance this year. In Italy, private-sector estimates of tourism-related job losses are as top as 150,000.

In the Lazio anniversary apple of Bracciano, Italy — accepted with visitors from Britain, France and Germany — vacation home prices are down 4.3%. In Florence, several of the city’s hotels accept taken the desperate footfall of befitting their doors shut in August. Even the acclaimed Vatican Museums in Rome accept apparent appearance slide.

The about backbone of the euro adjoin the pound, dollar and Russian ruble — all currencies from cogent tourism markets — accept aswell fabricated Mediterranean euro-zone countries beneath aggressive compared with destinations alfresco the bloc.

In Turkey, day-tripper arrivals so far this year are down alone about 1.5% admitting the bread-and-butter crisis, acknowledgment in ample allotment to a 12% abatement in the Turkish lira adjoin the euro and a 4% abatement adjoin the pound. In Morocco and Tunisia, aboriginal abstracts appearance an access in day-tripper arrivals — up 10% and 1%, appropriately — according to the World Tourism Organization, a United Nations agency.

“Looking at the Mediterranean overall, what we are seeing is that the euro-area countries are activity the appulse added than the noneuro-area countries,” said John Kester, arch of bazaar trends analysis at the Madrid-based UNWTO. “Certainly on a value-for-money basis, countries like Turkey, Tunisia and Morocco accept done analogously bigger than Southern Europe.”

Antalya becomes Armenians’ top summer destination

Despite the acerb relations amid Turkey and Armenia, the accepted Mediterranean resort city-limits of Antalya ranks as Armenians’ number-one summer vacation destination, appear EurasiaNet.

According to the report, Antalya’s acceptability for low prices and high-quality chump account outweighs for abounding barter the actuality that it is amid aural the borders of “longtime foe” Turkey.

Tez Tour’s Armenia appointment director, Narine Davtian, told EuraisaNet that by summer’s end her Russian-owned bureau will accept alert the amount of Antalya-bound barter as the 8,000 who chose to biking to the Turkish city-limits in 2008. Armavia’s four absolute flights to Antalya anniversary anniversary from Yerevan, a account offered by Tez Tour, are consistently full, she said.

“I am a patriot, but let’s not mix tourism and politics,” Daytian was quoted by the Web site. “No added country can accommodate the aforementioned ambit [of biking options] and quality. Humans wish a acceptable vacation and they get it.”

Another biking aggregation administrator agrees.

“We action tours to altered destinations — Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Georgia, Jordan — but the hottest tours are to Antalya in Turkey,” Flight bureau administrator Marine Ayvazian told the EurasiaNet reporter, who estimated that the city-limits is the best of 70 percent of Flight’s customers.

The Armenian government has no abstracts on the amount of it citizens who biking to Turkey. Armenian biking agencies, it says, will not allotment the information.

However, Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announces the amount of foreigners entering to the country account on its Web site. According to that data, 19,209 Armenians visited Turkey in 2007, including circadian visits. The amount went up to 24,496 in 2008 and is 21,231 for the aboriginal six months of this year, advertence a audible increase.

While abounding Armenians are blessed to appointment Antalya to account from the sun and the Mediterranean, some accede it as a “betray to the country.”

A adolescence accumulation associated with the nationalist Armenian Revolutionary Federation-Dashnaktsutiun has requested the Yerevan mayor’s appointment abolish all artery posters commercial Antalya and “to accord seriously” with the issue. The mayor’s appointment has not yet acted on the request.

“Advertisements for a vacation in Antalya are arising up like mushrooms and, instead of spending their vacations in Armenia, humans are abrogation for Turkey. Is this normal?” Haroutiun Melikian, who runs an anti-Antalya beef attack for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation’s Nikol Aghbalian Student Union, was quoted in EurasiaNet story.

“The money that goes to arm and strengthen Turkey [via tourism] could abide in our country and accord to our own strength,” he argued.

To action Antalya’s popularity, the Nikol Aghbalian Student Union has afraid posters throughout Yerevan that acknowledge that “Armenians who absorb their vacation in Antalya are arming the Turkish army.”

Employees of several government ministries told EurasiaNet that accepted rules forbid accompaniment advisers from spending their vacations in Antalya — this admitting the contempo official advance appear some anatomy of rapprochement with Turkey.

But the disapproval tactic does not consistently work.

“If I accept to accept amid the top prices of Armenian resorts and an all-embracing vacation at the bank in Antalya, I’ll aces the sea for my ancestors and me, abnormally if the aberration in prices makes no sense,” said one Yerevan citizen booking an Antalya cruise in a biking agency.

On average, biking agencies allegation as low as $450 per getting for a week-long amalgamation bout in Antalya, while a agnate vacation at Armenia’s Lake Sevan, the abundance resort of Tsaghkadzor or the mineral baptize spa of Jermuk alpha at about $700.

Yerevan Accompaniment University analyst Nelly Haroian believes that, absorbed by the adorable prices, Armenians are able to put abreast misgivings about the accomplished and feel “comfortable” visiting Turkey back “Turks are confined them.”

Given the crisis-friendly prices for tours to Antalya, assured any added acknowledgment is not realistic, commented sociologist Aharon Adibekian. “There are abounding questions affiliated to civic self-esteem, but humans are chargeless to adjudge area to accept a vacation and what to do,” Adibekian said.

“We all are patriots,” Tez Tour’s Daytian told EurasiaNet. “And spending a vacation in Turkey does not beggarly getting beneath Armenian.”