An Azerbaijan Online Workshop organized by TÜROB...
Azerbaijan's 100 leading travel agencies and tour operators will take part in the Azerbaijan Online Workshop that TÜROB will hold on July 14.
The Association of Turkish Hoteliers (TÜROB), which has moved its promotional activities to online platforms during the pandemic, is adding another workshop to its program. The first organization under TÜROB's special online workshop programs aimed at the target markets it has put on its agenda as part of its efforts to diversify and ensure the sustainability of Turkish tourism, and its work for the new post-pandemic era, will be directed at the market of the friendly and fraternal country of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan's 100 leading travel agencies and tour operators will take part in the thematic online workshop to be held on July 14, 2021 (tomorrow).
Minister Ersoy to open the event
At the event, to be held with the coordination of the Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism and in cooperation with the Istanbul Chamber of Commerce, the Tourism Development and Education Foundation, and the Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau, the participation of travel agencies from Azerbaijan will be arranged by Everest Turizm. TÜROB member hotels from Istanbul, Izmir, Çanakkale, Bursa, Sapanca and Bodrum, the Formula 1 Turkey Organization, Turkish Airlines, Pegasus Airlines, the Turkey Tourism Development and Promotion Agency (TGA), and the Istanbul Convention and Visitors Bureau (ICVB) will take part in the event. The event will be opened by Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Ersoy. At the event, where President of the State Tourism Agency of the Republic of Azerbaijan Fuad Nagiyev, TÜROB President Müberra Eresin, Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (İTO) President Şekib Avdagiç, and Deputy Chairman of the Tourism Education and Development Foundation (TUGEV) Bahadır Yaşık will each give a speech, tourism professionals will hold meetings at the simultaneously active fair area, with hotels at their virtual stands. In a drawing to be held in the final part of the organization, participating travel agencies from Azerbaijan will be awarded hotel accommodation, a driving experience on the track where the Formula 1 Istanbul races will be held, and airline tickets.
A tourism market racing toward one million
In his assessment, TÜROB President Müberra Eresin said, "We are pleased to hold our first online workshop with Azerbaijan." TÜROB had organized a workshop in Azerbaijan in 2019. Before the pandemic, approximately 900,000 people a year came to Turkey from the friendly and fraternal country of Azerbaijan for tourism purposes. While 901,000 Azerbaijani tourists came to Turkey in 2019, this number fell to 236,000 in 2020 under pandemic conditions. In the first 5 months of this year, during which pandemic restrictions continued, 91,000 Azerbaijanis came. Among tourism-purposed travel in Azerbaijan, Turkey ranks first in the order of preference. With the introduction of the possibility of travel between the two countries using identity cards instead of passports, a significant increase in the number of tourists and visitors is expected.
The opening of the organization will be broadcast live on the TÜROB YouTube channel starting at 1:30 p.m.;