Istanbul will make a move forward in congress tourism

AYDIN KARACABAY, chairman of the Hotels Committee (Istanbul) stated that they would work to increase Istanbul tourism to the point it deserves and said, “We will establish committees in every field from the congress to gastronomy. Experts in the field will take part in these committees. Istanbul tourism deserves to be number one in every field. We especially want to move Istanbul to the point where it belongs in congress tourism.”

In the past, officials in charge managed the congress tourism of Istanbul with the projects made by related institutions. Thanks to those efforts at the time, Istanbul rose to the 5th place in the congress tourism. Talking about the congress and cruise tourism, the prices of hotels in Istanbul are falling a lot at the point where these do not exist sufficiently. We saw very clearly how important they were in the absence of these tourism types (congress and cruise).

That is why we will ensure the establishment of a cruise, gastronomy and congress committee. Experts in the field will be involved. However, ICVB and TUGEV are nowadays not functional. These institutions used to lobby in different countries. With these activities, Istanbul, which rose to the 5th place, is now in the 83rd place. When we were in 5th place, Paris was in 1st place. There were also various incidents there, but Paris did not lose its 1st place. Istanbul, on the other hand, declined to the 83rd place. We will turn Istanbul into a city that competes head to head in congress tourism again.”

EXCERPT from dunya.com – translated by BTT