Turkey experienced a surge in visitors from the Gulf regions in the first four months of the year, according to the country’s Cultural and Tourism Office. In particular, the country recorded healthy rises in the number of visitors from GCC states Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait, namely 46 per cent, 40...
Posted on 20 June 2014
Istanbul’s campaign to become a leading financial hub in the world was reiterated this month when the Turkey’s finance minister, Mehmet Simsek confirmed that the country aimed to be among the top-three performing economies in Europe within a decade and one of the top 10 in the world within the...
Posted on 17 June 2014
Istanbul’s growing popularity in the Middle East together with its increasing status as a commercial hub has led to a steep rise in new direct flights there from the Gulf States in the past 18 months, said property agency Spot Blue International Property in June. “Rewind just five years and...
Posted on 10 June 2014
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan attended the official launch of work on Istanbul’s ground-breaking new airport in June, as construction officially begins at the airport’s site in the northern Arnavutkoy district of the city. A joint venture of Turkish companies won the tender for Istanbul’s third airport in May...
Posted on 06 June 2014
Istanbul’s appeal to wealthy jet-setters and homeowners who enjoy eating out has just shot up, after Ristorante ltalia, a contemporary Italian fine dining restaurant inside Istanbul’s new Eataly, was opened by world renown chef Massimo Bottura at the end of May. Massimo Bottura is the highly regarded chef-patron of the...
Posted on 03 June 2014
Istanbul’s appeal to international firms as a place to meet and do business is going from strength to strength, according to new research that ranks it the eighth most popular city in the world to hold a congress. New rankings based on the number of events held in 2013, compiled...
Posted on 30 May 2014
Turkey’s popularity with foreigners is going from strength to strength, after figures showed a 5.07 per cent year-on-year hike in the number of visitors to the country during the first four months of 2014. The Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported that 7.03 million foreigners visited the country between...
Posted on 27 May 2014
A sign of Turkey’s growing prominence on the world stage and increasing appeal to international travellers and investors, summer 2014 sees a raft of new flights to the country, including to the Middle East and North Africa, and the USA. Kicking off at the start of May, Turkey’s national carrier...
Posted on 20 May 2014
Turkey’s surging tourist numbers together with its weak currency are creating exciting opportunities for rentals during 2014, said property agency Spot Blue International Property in May, adding that the number of foreign visitors to Turkey in 2013 increased 9.84 per cent year-on-year to 34.9 million. Homeowners in Turkish resorts who...
Posted on 09 May 2014
Istanbul Ataturk is now ranked the world’s 18th busiest airport, after experiencing a 13.6 per cent year-on-year rise in the number of passengers that passed through during 2013. Statistics from the Airports Council International (ACI) also showed that Istanbul Ataturk is now the fifth busiest airport in Europe, carrying just...
Posted on 06 May 2014
