01.11.2017 Ankara
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), released a statement regarding the 3rd Tourism Summit organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism to be held on November 1-3, 2017.
Hisarcıklıoğlu's statement is as follows:
“Among Turkey’s top sectors for high foreign exchange inflows and the
most value-added sectors is tourism. Turkey has the potential to be one of the
world's top 5 tourism destinations thanks to its favorable climatic conditions,
its central geographical position and its advantages of being an open air
museum.
Although there has been a decline in the number of tourists coming to
Turkey due to terrorist incidents and turmoil in the region, an upward trend has
been observed again in 2017. The 3rd Tourism Summit is convening at
the most opportune time. Here, all parts of the sector will determine the steps
that Turkey needs to make in order to make a new breakthrough in tourism. The
public and private sectors will work together to provide a potential for Turkey
to have a presence in tourism. I hope that the summit proves beneficial for our
country.”
- Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the 3rd
Tourism Summit
TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the 3rd Tourism Summit
held at the Beştepe National Culture and Congress Center.
Speaking here, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the tourism policy
which enabled Turkey to get to where it is today has become outdated.
President Erdoğan expressed his belief in the necessity of new approaches,
vision and perspective to tourism policy. He stated that the bar for the
tourism sector was determined as a part of the 2023 goals.
Erdoğan expressed his hope that the opinions, discussions and proposals in
the 3rd Tourism Conference would contribute to reaching the tourism sector’s
goals which is a very important element of Turkey.
Touching on the significance determining shortcomings in not being able
to create a four-star attraction in tourism, President Erdoğan stated that
tourism is as old as humankind.