"Visit İstanbul" Launch Held...

The launch of the "Visit İstanbul" web portal, brought to life by the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality within the scope of next-generation communication strategies in tourism, was held at the Raffles İstanbul Hotel.

Together with "Visit İstanbul," which embodies a next-generation tourism approach and allows domestic and foreign tourists to obtain information about many aspects of Istanbul ranging from transportation to gastronomy and from education to health, the Istanbul Creators Club Platform and an artificial intelligence guide application were also introduced at the event. At the launch meeting, which began with video presentations, a presentation titled "Barrier-Free Access to Cultural Heritage" was delivered by Galatasaray University Faculty of Communication Dean Prof. Dr. Kerem Rızvanoğlu and Galatasaray University Faculty of Communication member Dr. Yeliz Yücel. Speaking after the presentation, Istanbul Metropolitan Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu said: "As the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality, our goal in our tourism vision through 2029 is to bring the number of tourists coming to our city to the highest level while extending the time each visitor spends in Istanbul, thereby also contributing to our city's economy. In order to obtain reliable data to make the tourism sector sustainable and resilient, we are preparing to establish a world-class tourism data center."

The event was attended by Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality officials, NGO representatives, members of the press, managers working in the field of tourism, and numerous guests, as well as TÜROB President Müberra Eresin, Vice President Hediye Güral Gür, Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, Board Members Mustafa Topaloğlu and Nuri Kalyoncu, Press Advisor Belma Toprak, and Foreign Relations Officer Gülin Tüfekçi.