The Alanya stand drew great interest at the “Expo Batumi Travel 2017” international tourism fair held in the city of Batumi, GEORGIA. Anjelika Chezhia, a Georgian citizen and former President of the Alanya Russian-Speaking Solidarity Association, represented Alanya on behalf of the Alanya Tourism Promotion Foundation. Making a statement regarding the fair held in the country of approximately 3.5 million people, Chezhia said, “As ALTAV, we conducted promotional work within the 40-square-meter Republic of Türkiye Ministry of Culture and Tourism stand. 80 tourism companies from Georgia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Ukraine, Poland, and Armenia participated in the fair. We received intense interest from tourism agencies. Georgians, who know the Black Sea well, also want to see the Mediterranean Region. The question of how to reach Alanya was asked the most. We provided information regarding connecting flights and the daily reciprocal bus services. Alanya promotional booklets, bags with the Alanya logo, and Alanya bracelets were very much loved by the Georgians.”
“NO PASSPORT REQUIRED”
İrfan Çiftçi, the Cultural and Press Attaché of Turkey's Embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan, which is also responsible for Georgia, stated that they had conducted promotions at a fair including Alanya in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, approximately 20 days before this fair. Stating that Georgia is among the countries that send the most visitors to Turkey, thanks to the advantage of being a border country where passage with an ID card is permitted, Çiftçi said, “We aim to receive more tourists from this country by utilizing the advantage of easy passage.”