TÜROB visits the Erciyes Ski Resort...

TÜROB inspected the Erciyes Ski Resort

The General Manager of the Association of Turkish Hoteliers (TÜROB), İsmail Taşdemir, visited Erciyes to inspect the investments made there on site.

İsmail Taşdemir, General Manager of the Association of Turkish Hoteliers, who carried out inspections at the Erciyes Ski Resort—where the largest winter-tourism-focused investments in our country have been made by the Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality—paid a visit to Dr. Murat Cahid Cıngı, Chairman of the Board of Erciyes A.Ş., at his office.

Speaking during the visit, TÜROB General Manager Taşdemir said: “We had been following Erciyes from afar with admiration and curiosity, but we were even more delighted when we saw the investment and tourism enthusiasm here. Erciyes has become one of the largest investments to emerge in recent years toward the goal of diversifying our country's tourism. When we integrate winter tourism with the magnificent tourism inventory of the Kayseri region, an enormous potential emerges. With its state-of-the-art facilities, social amenities, and slopes, Erciyes has become a truly European ski resort. As TÜROB, we would like to work with you in very close cooperation to increase the contribution this potential will make to our country and to develop winter tourism,” he said.

Thanking Taşdemir for the visit, Dr. Murat Cahid Cıngı provided information about the investments made within the framework of the Erciyes Master Plan.

Cıngı said: “As Turkey's first mountain management company, we are making every effort to develop winter tourism in our city and in our country. With the 200 million euro investment made under the Erciyes Master Plan, we have become one of the world's most important ski resorts. In line with the tourism diversification strategy our country needs, we have significant potential for winter sports such as skiing, snowboarding, snowkiting, and cross-country skiing, as well as for summer activities such as climbing, mountain biking, trekking, camping, and nature and cultural tourism. We host millions of ski enthusiasts here from both home and abroad. We are advancing by multiplying this number every year, and by 2023 the hotel bed capacity on the mountain will rise to 6,000. Erciyes is a very important hub for investors. We invite all tourism professionals to come here. We will be greatly pleased to work in cooperation with a major community like TÜROB and to serve our country's tourism together,” he said.