WTM London has recently revealed that 2.8 million British tourists visited Turkey in the first 9 months of this year. This figure has already exceeded Turkey's original target for 2022 of 2.5 million tourists. Turkey's minister of culture and tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated that “Going into 2022, we already had great confidence in the UK market. These numbers not only typify the importance of the...
No, it’s not a new Turkish species that been found in the depths of the Turkish countryside, it is in-fact Turkiye’s first ever domestically produced Automobile which already has fulfilled a large interest book both from home and from abroad. Driving onto the stage in the newly released Togg, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan commented that he has already placed two orders for himself and will buy toy...
Famous British movie director Guy Ritchie has a new movie in the making called “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” based on a novel of the same name by Damien Lewis. The movie is to be filmed in Turkey and stars “DC’s Superman” and star of “The Witcher” Henry Cavill. Henry Cavill and Eiza Gonzalez will be playing the lead roles in the movie that is inspired by actual events set...
It’s a smooth ride’ Erhan Demircioğlu says to reporters as he demonstrates the Hydrogen Powered Scooter ‘Hebunk’. A revolution in the very popular & growing E-scooter space, it appears to be comparatively better than all the others in the market, given it’s quicker charging time and inclination sensor helping the rider up those steep hills. Built with Hydro-technology, which is already...
North East Airport Teeside International has announced new flights to Antalya for 2023. Flights were announced via Twitter by Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen. Mayor Houchen has stated that "more flights with more destinations" will be coming to Teeside International Airport. He went onto say that "The new flights from Turkey are a great addition to Teeside." Already a range of dates for 2023 can be...
Everywhere around the world in the key hotspots its quite clear to see that the Tourist Industry has bounced back well after the restrictions that were forced upon it over the last two years, and in most cases tourist numbers have increased significantly, which as you’ll have seen put quite a bit of pressure on both airports and airlines during the busy summer months. For Turkiye, and in particular...
Antalya has long been considered Turkiye's Mediterranean Paradise so its really no surprise that it's leading the post covid recovery, welcoming just over 7.7m tourists to its shores between the 1st January and the 5th August 2022. Move forward a few weeks to the beginning of October, and that figure has already reached 8.5m, close to the figure of 9m that visited in the whole of 2021. Hotels in August...
Generally, on the wind down during the Winter months, you’ll find that around 50% of the hotels and resorts in Turkey will close in September, around 80% will close in October and all of them will be closed by November, however, this year is proving to be a major change as almost of the facilities are preparing to operate at full capacity. Ferhan Ademhan, who is a member of the board of the Anatolian...
Despite growing living costs Real Estate still seems to be a very attractive investment both for domestic and foreign buyers as recent figures show that Property Sales in Turkiye rose by 24.2% between January and July 2022, when compared to the same period in 2021. So far just over 820,000 homes have been sold and with targets by the end of this year set at 1.5 million properties, it’s been a very...
It has been announced that Turkish Airlines is becoming a sponsor of the UEFA Champions League with its logo being placed on a number of field and LED screens before, during and after the match. Turkish Airlines will also be the sponsor for the UEFA Super Cup, the UEFA Futsal Champions League and the UEFA Youth League Finals. Back in 2016 Turkish Airlines became the first ever airline company to...