Turkey is becoming a firm favourite with international film-makers, as well as ones from Hollywood, with a number of movies set to be filmed in the popular country. Records from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism show that in 2022 a total of 233 projects which included 18 feature films, 102 documentary films, 46 television films, 30 television series, 27 commercial films and 10 music videos, were...
Known as the ‘MüzeKart’ Turkiye’s Museum Card sales have reached new heights in the first seven months of 2023, with a total 2.1m sold even with the new increased price of 60 lira. Valid for Turkish Citizens and enabling them to visit more than 300 museums and archaeological sites throughout Turkiye, it looks set to break the record of 2022 which reached 2.93m, which equated to an approximate...
The Airline has just opened its sales for flights to Dalaman for Summer 2024 joining the Antalya flights for 2024 that were also launched this year. Sales have already started strong and the volume of early UK bookings is expected to increase for both Dalaman and Antalya holidays. The Airline is offering 27 weekly flights from the UK and there are currently over 300,000 seats for sale for Summer...
Antalya is one of Türkiye’s top Mediterranean resorts and this years extremely high demand will not only see the tourist season extended potentially into October and November, but also it’s been revealed that occupancy rates for August have soared way beyond 90%, surpassing the 70% figure that was recorded back in July. It’s even being said that already Antalya has beaten the number of tourists...
It’s good news for those who wish to rent out their homes during the busy summer months or for those who own an investment property as new reports reveal that passenger numbers at Turkish Airports have significantly increased by 23% for the first seven months of 2023, when compared to the same period last year. Istanbul, Antalya and Milas-Bodrum all saw rises in the numbers of international...
Istanbul’s Çamlıca Tower was opened by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in May 2021 and at a height of 369m it’s officially Europe’s tallest tower. Recently becoming the centre of attention within the area, it’s also starting to be recognized internationally, with 35% of the 1.19m tourists who have visited so far this year, being foreign. The tower not only shows off Türkiye’s architectural...
Award winning actor Ben Affleck has been spotted exploring the city of Istanbul with his three children whom he shares with ex-wife Actress Jennifer Garner. It is not the first time that the A-lister has been Istanbul. Back in 2012 Affleck directed and starred in the movie “Argo” which was partly shot in Istanbul and he even did an interview with Hurriyet’s Barbaros Tapan in 2019 in which he...
Troy Museum Pushing for 1m Visitors by 2024 - You’ve probably all heard the story of Troy, and you may have even seen the movie, which was released in 2002, with Brad Pitt and Eric Bana in lead roles. Essentially in Greek Mythology, Troy was the ‘Impenetrable’ city, which was the epicentre of the Trojan War fought between the Trojans and the Greeks after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband...
So far 2023 seems to be the year of recovery, especially in the tourism sector, as early reports are indicating that the ancient UNESCO World Heritage site of Cappadocia could have it’s best year ever, with a record number of tourists visiting the site’s attractions in the first half of this year. Welcoming around 4.1m tourists last year, official figures for the first four months of 2023 reveal...
Block buster movie star Tom Cruise has arrived in Istanbul along with award winning director Christopher McQuarrie to shoot the latest installment of the "Mission Impossible - Deadly Confrontation" movies. The film crew had been spotted in Kapalicarsi (Grand Bazaar) looking for areas where they could film some of the heart-racing action sequences that appear in the hit movies. McQuarrie wanted to...