MORE BLUE FLAGS...THE LARGEST MEETING POINT FOR TRAVEL......INTRODUCUNG EGYPT AS THE NEW...ISRAELI TOURISTS OPT FOR TURKEY DESPITE TH...PALANDOKEN.. NOMINEE FOR TOP SKI RESORT.....PARAGLIDING IN TURKEY .....FETHIYE - DEAD SEA (OLUDENIZ) - DALYAN...TURKEY HOLIDAY.. AYVALIK...DAMS PLANNED FOR TURKEY'S BIOSPHERE RESERV...RUSSIAN TOURISTS SPEND LESS MONEY...
Although Turkey's peak tourism season is still months away, members of Turkey's Blue Flag jury met last week to determine which tourist hotspots will win the right to fly the Blue Flag this year..The 14th edition of the biggest summit of East Mediterranean and Eurasia will take place on 11 - 14 February 2010, in Istanbul TUYAP Beylikdüzü Exhibition Center..44,000 Turkish tourists visited Egypt in 2006, 50,000 in 2007 and 52,000 in 2008! This popular tourist destination hopes to continue enticing visitors to see what wanders it has to offer! Turkey is an important market with great potential in tourism, and with Egypt esta.The strained diplomatic relationship between Israel and Turkey has not translated into a drop in the number of Israeli tourists coming to Turkish resorts, tourism representatives say..Palandöken, a ski resort in Erzurum, has been taking strong steps on the path to becoming one of the world's top ski resorts, receiving more than $350 million in investments since 2007. Erzurum, in eastern Anatolia, was chosen to host the Winter Universiade 2011 and has.The weather conditions and mountainous terrain make Turkey the perfect place for a paragliding vacation. With tandem rigs it is possible for almost anyone to participate in this "high adrenalin" sport. There are currently two Paragliding sites in Turkey. Mt Asas in Kas .The history of Fethiye dates back to the sixth century B.C. It was once a grand Lycian city called Telmessos. It first became famous in ancient times as Telmessus, the city of soothsayers. But none of the wise men of the pre-classical age could have predicted all the hi.Ayvalık, a district of Balıkesir, is a tourism center with beautiful coasts surrounded green olive grove, pure sea water and beaches, and contains historical and archeological values.
.Turkey's sole UNESCO-recognized biosphere reserve, the Macahel basin in northeastern Artvin province famous for its honeybees, has been approved as the location for eight new hydroelectric dams..Russian tourists who visited Antalya in the first half of the year have spent less money on tax-free shopping compared to last year, according to a recent study. The two items Russian tourists reduced spending the most on are jewelry and glasses. Those declining items a.