The 11th International Alanya Stone Sculpture Symposium, organized in cooperation with Alanya Municipality and Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts, has been held. The works produced during the symposium, which was attended by Fulya Asyalı, Özgür Turhan, and Çağdaş Erçelik from Türkiye, Valeria Jikia and Ivan Tsiskadze from Georgia, Vytatuas Tallat Kelpsa from Lithuania, Mikhail Levchenko from Ukraine, Uli Schwander from Spain, Vasilisa Chugunova from the Russian Federation, and Paolo Benvenotti from Italy, will be exhibited in different regions of Alanya and will provide significant contributions to tourism promotion. The closing cocktail of the symposium will be held by the Alanya Tourist Operators Association (ALTİD) on December 3 at 15:30 behind the Alanya Municipality building.
“PROMOTION WITH FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM”
Stating that world cities that take a share from tourism place great importance on art, that art and tourism are as closely linked as flesh and bone, and that art performs hidden promotion and strengthens the image in the region, Burhan Sili, Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Hotel Association (TÜROFED) and President of ALTİD, said, “The internet medium is being used quite actively today. By producing works of art and exhibiting them at different points of the city, our domestic and foreign guests publishing the photos and videos they take in front of these works on social sharing sites such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram provides great contributions to the promotion of Alanya. In Turkey, despite being a district, the fact that the Alanya sculpture symposium has been maintained for 11 years results in a return that serves as an important contribution to the brand value of the city.”