Umut Erdem – ANKARA
The tourism season is going well for Türkiye and the targets revised up mid-year are to be exceeded, Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has said, particularly highlighting the situation in Istanbul.
“After a long hiatus, Istanbul has started to be listed in first place among the must-see destinations by the world’s leading tourism mediums,” Ersoy said during a visit to daily Hürriyet’s Ankara office.
“It receives visitors from all over the world, we can say that the city has become like the United Nations. The hotels are at full capacity and there are tourists of all nationalities.”
The situation in Istanbul is a reflection of the growing interest in Türkiye as a holiday destination, the minister said.
“We established the Turkish Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA) in 2019 in order to better promote the…
