Minister of Culture and Tourism Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy met with representatives of the accommodation sector.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Mr. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy met with representatives of the accommodation sector at a meeting held at the Naz City Hotel, organized by the AK Party Beyoğlu District Chairmanship within the scope of the “Türkiye Meetings Program.”

The meeting was attended by TÜROB President Müberra Eresin, as well as AK Party Beyoğlu District Chairman Kasım Fırat, Talimhane Hoteliers Association Chairman Sedat Elik, TÜROB General Coordinator Kasım Zoto, Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, TÜROB Board Member Nuri Kalyoncu, representatives of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Turkey Tourism Promotion and Development Agency (TGA), and numerous officials from accommodation establishments operating in the region.

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Minister Ersoy used the following words: “Today we came together with the esteemed representatives of our tourism sector to assess the tourism vision of our country and of İstanbul. In order to make our tourism sector more resilient to crises, we are taking steps that take into account the needs of the sector. We always act on the data we gather from the field. While the number of tourists coming to our country in 2002 was around 12-13 million, this year İstanbul alone hosted 13.5 million tourists in the first 9 months. In cruise tourism, we reached 1.5 million passengers at 18 ports, rising to the highest level in the last 12 years. Thanks to the successes we have achieved in promotional activities, we are bringing İstanbul to the world stage. Our city is no longer merely a point of transit; it has become a center that has become the capital of world tourism. We achieved this success in tourism by working shoulder to shoulder with our sector representatives. I sincerely thank them for the valuable support they have provided.”

The meeting ended after the participants’ question-and-answer session.