According to the statement made by Mr. Cemal Tekkanat, who has been on temporary assignment in Sofia since 2011 and is responsible for organizing the Turkey stand at the fair and oversees Greece, Bulgaria, and Romania, approximately 400,000 Romanian citizens visited our country last year, and of these, around 250,000 people came on vacation by purchasing packages. He stated that the Aegean region was preferred due to high demand, noting that the reason for this was people traveling by car due to economic reasons. He reported that economic hardship was widespread in Romania but that it has now begun to recover, and that investments can now be made in this country.
He stated that intensive advertising campaigns would begin on TV, billboards, and in the media starting from April 1st, and even noted that there is intense interest in Turkish cinema days.
Just like in other countries, there is great interest in Turkish series here as well.
In our meetings with agencies, it is stated that if 20 flights depart per week, 75% of them are to Antalya.
The main operators here are, in order, Teztour, Christian tour, Logic tour, Fibula, Peninsula group,
Ali Baba tour, Happy Tour, Tui and others. They are expecting an increase of 7-8 percent for 2012.
Promotions were distributed to the travel agents and guests who visited our stand, and information was provided regarding the use of Gazipaşa via Bucharest with a connection through Pegasus Airlines for Alanya.