UCLG-MEWA Sustainable Tourism Forum held...

The Sustainable Tourism and Local Development Forum of the United Cities and Local Governments, Middle East and West Asia Section (UCLG-MEWA), hosted by the Eyyübiye Municipality, has been held. At the two-day UCLG-MEWA Sustainable Tourism and Local Development Forum, attended by 250 participants from 12 countries, the topics of Faith Tourism, Sustainable Tourism, Resilient Economy, Gastronomy Tourism, Geothermal Tourism, Cultural Tourism and Nature Tourism were addressed. At the closing sessions of the forum, which Board Member Murat Yumak attended on behalf of TÜROB, the administrative sessions of The Impact of Gastronomy Tourism on the Economy, Urban Tourism and Smart Destinations, and the UCLG-MEWA Tourism Committee were held. In the sessions moderated by Gastronomy Tourism Association President Gürkan Boztepe and Deirnbouh Mayor Mohamed Saadie, presentations were delivered by Urla Mayor Sibel Uyar, Fuat Özharat from the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality, Mary McKeon, Team Leader of the 'History Comes Alive Again in Şanlıurfa' Project, food futurist Mine Ataman, Erzurum University Faculty of Tourism lecturer Kurtuluş Karamustafa, Gazi University Faculty of Tourism lecturer Prof. Dr. Selam Meydan Uygur, Amman Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General İbrahim Khries, and Ebru Zorkirişçi from the Oğuzeli Municipality. Speaking at the closing of the forum, Eyyübiye Mayor Mehmet Ekinci described the activities undertaken by the Eyyübiye Municipality in the field of tourism. Mayor Ekinci highlighted the importance of the added value of the forum for Şanlıurfa thanks to the participants.