Targets in tourism high, but attainable
06 March 2008
Members of the Turkish Association of Travel Agents gathered in the tourism sector meeting at the headquarters of Zaman media group.
“Turkey has an outstanding potential in the tourism industry and reaching the targets set out in the latest Tourism Search Conference in Antalya, hosting 50 million tourists and earning USD 50 billion in revenues by 2023, is not a fantasy”, Turkish Association of Travel Agents (TURSAB) Chairman Basaran Ulusoy said.
Speaking at a special tourism sector meeting at the Zaman complex in İstanbul, Ulusoy provided a bright forecast for the tourism industry in Turkey. Apparently referring to Tourism and Culture Ministry Undersecretary İsmet Yılmaz's recent statements in the "Tourism Search Conference" regarding Turkey's high goals in tourism by the 100th anniversary of the Turkish Republic, Ulusoy said such aims were clearly within reach given the country's resources.