Tourism strategies for 2008 announced Turkish Daily NewsTurkey will focus on overseas promotion in its new promotional campaign aiming to highlight the country's tourism potential at the international level and to diversify the tourism facilities. A budget of $140 million is allocated for the promotional activities.
The Ministry of Tourism and Culture will focus on overseas promotion in its new campaign aiming to highlight Turkey's tourism potential internationally and to diversify tourism facilities in Turkey, the tourism and culture minister said during a press conference yesterday.
Turkey will highlight domestic tourism in 2008 and carry out the campaign in 83 countries and on various international platforms via a series of themed and destination-oriented advertising films. A $140 million budget was allocated for promotional activities, with a 10 percent increase in the 2008 budget.
Turkey had a fruitful tourism season in 2007, attracting just over 23,000 international tourists and attaining an 18 percent increase in the number of tourists from 2006. Turkey ranked among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of tourism potential, but the ministry wants to be in the top five, according to Tourism and Culture Minister Ertuğrul Günay.“For this purpose we launched a promotional campaign this month. We want to attract tourists with higher incomes,” he said.
Promotion on world televisions: In 2007, Turkey attracted tourists mostly from Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and Bulgaria, the major tourism destinations being Antalya, Istanbul, Muğla, İzmir and Aydın. The ministry meanwhile intends to increase the number of international tourists and create new tourism destinations such as Mardin, Mersin and Kars-Sarıkamış by diversifying tourism activities and highlighting faith tourism, winter sports, health and thermal tourism.Themed and destination-oriented advertising films will feature the Aegean, Antalya, southern and southeastern Turkey, Cappadocia and thermal tourism. The films will be broadcast all over the world, including on BBC and CNN television channels.The promotional campaigns will cover countries from different continents including the United States; Canada; England; Scandinavian and Baltic countries; New Zealand; South Africa; Australia; Balkan countries; eastern European countries and Turkic Republics; Central European countries such as Belgium, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland; southern Europe and Latin countries such as Malta, Spain, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Monaco; Israel; China; Egypt; Qatar and Syria.
Turkey will also participate in 142 fairs including the Frankfurt Book Fair and Berlin Tourism Fair. The world's most important search engines such as Google and Yahoo as well as the ministry's web site www.goturkey.com will feature promotional advertisements of Turkey.
The ministry is also planning promotional activities for the 2008 Olympic games in China as well as the Berlin, Cannes and Venice film festivals and the European Football Championship.
Monday, 21 January 2008
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
Turkey set for Overseas Property Boom
Turkey set for overseas property boom
Monday, 14 Jan 2008 09:44
Turkey set for overseas property boom.
Overseas property investors will increasingly be turning to Turkey as a potentially strong market during 2008. That is according to property investment website BuyAssociation, which explains the variety of property in the Mediterranean country is likely to prove beneficial. "I think it [Turkey] will compete and become more popular over the next year, particularly with some different kinds of developments coming out now," said Paul Collins, property editor of BuyAssociation. "We’re starting to see some golf developments coming onto the market now, and things that are slightly different from just the traditional beach villa near one of the coastal areas or near some nightlife.
" There is also the potential for ski properties to arrive on the market over the next three to four years. Furthermore, while access is restricted to some of the country's key investment locations, this is set to change. "One of the main things with Turkey is access, particularly on the south coast there is only one international airport, which means it is a little bit harder for people to get to those areas," continued Mr Collins.
"There is another one being built at the moment, so that’s going to help things, and there’s also going to be an increase in the number of low-cost flights going into Turkey as well, so those are things that are all going to help improve people’s access to the country." According to the BuyAssociation prices in the country remain low, but are set to rise. "The prices are rising, so people are well advised to get in before it gets too expensive," explained Mr Collins. "But there are some great opportunities and some places that are significantly cheaper than anything you’ll find in Cyprus or Greece or further west in the Mediterranean, such as in Spain or Portugal
Monday, 14 Jan 2008 09:44
Turkey set for overseas property boom.
Overseas property investors will increasingly be turning to Turkey as a potentially strong market during 2008. That is according to property investment website BuyAssociation, which explains the variety of property in the Mediterranean country is likely to prove beneficial. "I think it [Turkey] will compete and become more popular over the next year, particularly with some different kinds of developments coming out now," said Paul Collins, property editor of BuyAssociation. "We’re starting to see some golf developments coming onto the market now, and things that are slightly different from just the traditional beach villa near one of the coastal areas or near some nightlife.
" There is also the potential for ski properties to arrive on the market over the next three to four years. Furthermore, while access is restricted to some of the country's key investment locations, this is set to change. "One of the main things with Turkey is access, particularly on the south coast there is only one international airport, which means it is a little bit harder for people to get to those areas," continued Mr Collins.
"There is another one being built at the moment, so that’s going to help things, and there’s also going to be an increase in the number of low-cost flights going into Turkey as well, so those are things that are all going to help improve people’s access to the country." According to the BuyAssociation prices in the country remain low, but are set to rise. "The prices are rising, so people are well advised to get in before it gets too expensive," explained Mr Collins. "But there are some great opportunities and some places that are significantly cheaper than anything you’ll find in Cyprus or Greece or further west in the Mediterranean, such as in Spain or Portugal
Thursday, 10 January 2008
Irish Continue to Buy Overseas
The overseas property industry seems set for a bright future according to predictions from a recent study. The appetite for property abroad seems set to continue with the British and Irish Buyers firmly behind the wheel. In fact the study carried out by Datamonitor has predicted that ownership is set to almost double over the next five years.British and Irish citizens now own 3.81 million properties overseas, excluding time share and fractional ownership, according to the firm.Overseas Property Portal Homesgofast.com CEO Nicholas Marr ‘Buying overseas property is a life long goal for many buyers. Combine this with overseas property investors who are seeking better growth and cheaper property prices you can see why property overseas is so attractive.
Emerging markets have become more accessible and foreign governments are keen to attract inward investment.
Our experience shows that Irish overseas buyers are leading the way as they tend to be more adventurous than their British counterparts.
The age and types of buyers are also changing. Overseas property buyers cross all types of people and income groups. The age of our buyers are now getting younger with a larger percentage of 20- 30 year olds seeking property abroad than 3 years ago’
source: homesgofast.com
Emerging markets have become more accessible and foreign governments are keen to attract inward investment.
Our experience shows that Irish overseas buyers are leading the way as they tend to be more adventurous than their British counterparts.
The age and types of buyers are also changing. Overseas property buyers cross all types of people and income groups. The age of our buyers are now getting younger with a larger percentage of 20- 30 year olds seeking property abroad than 3 years ago’
source: homesgofast.com
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