Famous names from Russia hosted the night
The night, hosted by Moscow Culture and Tourism Counselor Celal Kılıç and TÜROFED President Osman Ayık, was presented by famous Russian comedians Natalya Medvedeva and Veter Petrovich.
Plaques presented to the top 10 tour operators operating in the Russian market
During the night, the tour operators operating in Russia that bring the most tourists to Türkiye—Tez Tour, Coral Travel, Pegas, Anex Tour, TUI Russia, Sunmar, Brisco, Intourist, Sunrise Tour, and Natalie Tours—as well as the Russian Federal Tourism Agency, the Russian Journalists Union, Aeroflot, Transaero, THY, ICF Airports, the Antalya Journalists Association (AGC), the Association of Tourism Writers and Journalists (TUYED), Enda Tour, and Titanic Hotels, received appreciation plaques from Moscow Culture and Tourism Counselor Celal Kılıç, TÜROFED President Osman Ayık, and TÜROFED Vice Presidents Gülçin Güner and Mehmet İşler.
“We will hold such nights in other markets as well”
Delivering a speech to the guests during the night, TÜROFED President Osman Ayık said, “Together with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, we wanted to thank and honor the important companies serving Turkish tourism before the season.” Stating that they, as tourism professionals, attach great importance to Turkey-Russia relations, Ayık continued his speech as follows: “Together with our tourism professional friends, we want to develop the good relations between the two countries. In this context, we are very happy to come together with you. We launched the first of the appreciation nights that we organized together with our Ministry in Moscow. From now on, we will organize similar nights in other important markets as well. I thank everyone for their participation.”
3 lucky Antalya holidays won
Mehmet Öner, attending the night on behalf of Titanic Hotels, the main sponsor of the evening, gifted a 1-week holiday at Titanic Deluxe Belek, one of the new hotels located in Antalya's Belek region, to 3 lucky agency officials through a draw he conducted.
(turizmgazetesi.com)