Istanbul: «Middle East»
Does not care about more than 35 million tourists visit Turkey annually, political troubles experienced by the country due to the implications of being a fierce war on its southern border, and resulted in the displacement of more than one hundred thousand Syrian refugees into the Turkish border. Valjazbah Turkish tourism, both cities of historical or scenic beaches, gives tourists a sense of security and isolate them from the reality experienced by the Turkish media is tense these days. According to the latest statistics of Turkey to the high number of tourists in the last 12 months to 36 million tourists, which makes Turkey the sixth largest tourist country in the world.
Turkey is traditionally known for its tourism cities and beaches, but in recent years began to explore other aspects of tourism, such as: hospitalization tourism, cultural tourism, and incentive travel and conferences. It is also one of the largest tourism destinations of ships (Cruise Tours), and sunny beaches spread out most of the year, and also by the «Turkish Riviera» is located on the Mediterranean coast near Antalya, which is the capital of beach tourism in Turkey. There are various hobbies tourists to Turkey between golf, diving, mountain climbing, horse riding and walking.
Most of the tourists come from Turkey, Europe, especially from Germany, Britain, the Netherlands and France. But the Turkish tourist map stretching from Iran and even Russia, Japan and the United States. Recently, Turkey has witnessed intense Arab turnout at the resorts and cities, especially after the success of the Turkish television drama in attracting the attention of Arab viewers to the east of a conservative Muslim society and at the same time open to other cultures. Arab visitor does not feel alienated in Turkey, which does not discriminate may find in some European countries. Also contributed to political troubles in countries «Arab Spring», such as Tunisia and Egypt, in the diversion of millions of tourists, including about Turkey. There are millions of tourists who went to Turkey once and found the tourist Dhalthm, therefore they return year after year.
While most tourists may head to the resorts of the Turkish Europeans do not mingle much the people of the country outside of the resorts that inhabit for the duration of their holidays, the turnout will be more on the Arab-Turkish cities, especially Istanbul in which they find an Islamic imperial glory of previous eras. Istanbul is one of the most important tourist cities in Turkey, if not in the world. It is teeming with thousands of hotels of all grades of stars and below. While some Westerners see where the capital of the Byzantine Empire, the Turks and the Arabs see the capital of the Ottoman Empire. Among the most famous effects of Istanbul, Sultanahmet Mosque (Blue Mosque), and the Palace Toubacab and Galatasaray Doulmabaha, and spice market and large market «Grand Bazaar» a covered market and is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world. The market comprises about three thousand shop and visited a quarter million shoppers a day at least.
The most important beaches of tourism in Istanbul would include the Marmara Bodrum and Alanya, a famous European tourist destinations and charter planes to come directly to the Airports near them. And take some tourists from these shores centers from which to them on day trips to explore the parameters of Turkey and other cultural attractions. Some go in pursuit of the remnants of Greek civilization, where the fall of Troy and Pergamon and Ephesus in modern Turkey and has been in previous eras follow the Greek Empire. There Diyarbakir, a tourist area, but close to the security conflicts on the border, and do not go to tourists in large numbers. Also, do not attract capital, Ankara, a lot of tourists, although it enjoys rich cultural and cemetery by Ataturk - the founder of modern Turkey.
And spread a lot of museums worth visiting in Turkey, such as the Islamic Museum, which is located inside the Süleymaniye Complex in Istanbul, and Istanbul Military Museum, and the Museum of the Ottoman Empire within 99 museums across the country, in addition to 92 special museum.
Turks and handles the Turkish lira, which is composed of 100 penny, and begin a class of securities of the five pounds and up to fifty pounds. The Turkish lira is now equivalent to 55 cents, ie that every Artin Toazian one dollar and ten cents. The rate of inflation in Turkey about 8% annually, but the prices are still cheap rates in Europe. Asked a bottle of mineral water in the restaurant cost of Artin (one dollar) and request Cappuccino costing five pounds (two dollars and a half dollar). The cost of the meal for two at a Turkish restaurant about 50 pounds.
And much less than prices in supermarkets, where large-sized water bottle Blairh one, as well as a kilogram of potatoes. The tomatoes, they are at a price of Artin per kilo, like oranges and a loaf of bread (500 grams). The taxi trips begin at a price of 2.7 pounds, while the price of a liter of gasoline to 4.45 pounds.
The traveler needs to Turkey visa, they differ in terms between one country and another. But Saudi passport holders, the visa can be obtained from the airport access for 30 days. While Egyptians need a visa before traveling, the Lebanese do not need any procedures and entering Turkey without a visa for a period of 90 days.
Turkish cuisine: the most important aspects of the Turkish tourist attractions as well, taste Turkish cuisine, which is the basis of most meals Mediterranean and the Middle East. The roots of Turkish cuisine to the Ottoman era, and meals vary between different Turkish cities, where it belongs Black Sea region to Asian cuisine and rely more on fish. The kitchen the south-east, depends on the grill of kebabs and mezze, in addition to oriental sweets such as baklava and Alktaev. But even the types of kebabs and pepper ratio which vary from one region to another.
And still retains some of the types of foods known Arab Turkish spade like «Sumait», a type of bread covered with sesame ring and Turks intake at breakfast. There are other types of foods, such as well-known Arab Almsagah and BRIC and Aldolma and meatballs and kebabs and Albestrmp and sausage and a very well, and baklava and Alktaev, all made in Turkey Names itself. There are sweets which are called «Halva» and derived its name colloquially sweetness. The summit of the judge, Vasmha Turkish «Summit Golak» offers during the month of Ramadan with other sweets such as «Ashura» and «exotic» and «Mrziban». Turks and offers a lot of sugar-sweetened drinks and call it the name «sorbet». The Ice Cream His name «cream». And after meals, can be ordered tea (tea) or coffee (Gahfah) or «Orchid» a Turkish name for the drink known.
According to the Tourism Authority of Turkey that the achievement made in the last year the rise of Turkey to sixth place globally, did not happen by chance, but planning lasted nearly 20 years, has been completed in which aviation network local to all tourist cities, and linked to Turkey's network of highways and regular flights between different cities by bus tourist. And all companies operating world-class hotels in Turkey, and runs some resorts include full integrated tourism facilities as well as accommodation.
Also, Turkey is famous for its tourism yacht, but the yacht industry with advanced exported to world markets. There are berths for yachts in most Turkish ports, and through which all catering services, fuel, maintenance and hospitality. However, Turkey is working on increasing the capacity of these ports to accommodate the growing demand.
Expects the Turkish tourism continued pace of growth in tourism high in the coming years, and says that success attracts more companies to work in the field of tourism, as the number of tourist companies of Turkey in 2011 to about 5800, while the number of hotel rooms available for tourists on a half million room , and arrived in the Turkish airline fleet to about 120 aircraft.
The total tourism income in Turkey last year, about 23 billion dollars, up from 20.8 billion in the previous year. It also increased the number of tourists to 36 million tourists, up from 33 million tourists in 2010 and Turkey is a success story of a tourist area on the edge of the Middle East dominated by an atmosphere of tension currently is about millions of tourists.
* Western embassies confirm that the situation is stable in Turkey but advises caution citizens
* Western embassies did not change its assessment of the security situation in Turkey, in light of recent events for the inspection of the Syrian plane and then fly against the Syrian no-fly zone over Syria, Turkey, in addition to military skirmishes on the border. According to the Canadian Embassy that most visitors to Turkey Canadians do not face any trouble, although the security situation is stable, but adds that it must be taken «high degree of caution».
In the view of Western embassies again that there are some dangers of domestic and international terrorist groups, and remember bomb attacks ticking was one of them in the month of March last in Istanbul, and resulted in 15 injured, a police officer Turkey, and the second in September in the center of Ankara, and killed some passers-by from the Turks. And warns embassies of crowded places and government sites and areas of the border with Syria. Embassies and classified area on the border with Syria, it is a dangerous area to be avoided and not to travel to non compelled to do so
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