The “Alanya Surfing Days Project,” implemented by the Alanya Association of Tourism Professionals (ALTİD) and financed by being included in the Western Mediterranean Development Agency's (BAKA) “2012 Alternative Tourism Development Financial Support Program,” has been completed. On the occasion of the closing of the project, which lasted 8 months, BAKA Inspection and Evaluation Unit officials Tolga Keskin and Mustafa Pektaş, who arrived in Alanya, stated that ALTİD achieved great success in this project, just as it did in the “Alanya Coastal Security Improvement Project” carried out in 2011, and that the sustainability of the project would provide significant contributions to alternative tourism.
‘WE ARE MOVING TOWARD THE GOAL’
Stating that they have achieved a significant success by bringing the sport of surfing to Alanya in terms of diversifying Alanya tourism, ALTİD President Burhan Sili said, “Alanya deserves its image as a sports city more and more with each passing period. We are moving forward toward the goal of sustainable tourism.”
TURKISH CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS
One of the voluntary supporters of the project, who is also Alanya Surf Team Athlete Hayri Yenialp, stated that they hosted important athletes from across the country by organizing the “2nd Turkey Wave Surfing Championship” in Alanya during the project period. Another surf athlete, Gökçe Aydoğan, noted that there has been great interest since the day surf training began, and that they have provided surf training to nearly 200 domestic and foreign individuals.