Officials from the Alanya Tourism Promotion Foundation (ALTAV), which promotes the region at 30 international fairs for the new season, held meetings in Gaziantep for domestic market promotion. The Alanya delegation, led by ALTAV and Alanya Association of Tourism Professionals (ALTİD) Vice President Mehmet Dahaoğlu, included ALTAV Board Members Elvan Güneş, Kasımoğlu Kerim Yılmaz, and Cengiz Topçu. After visiting the region's travel agencies, the Alanya delegation also held special meetings and an Alanya presentation at the Grand Hotel Gaziantep with Turkish Airlines (THY) Gaziantep Manager Mehmet Yıldırım, Anadolu Jet official Bahadır Süzer, Seç Bus and Tourism Enterprise Board Chairman and also Gaziantep Chamber of Commerce Deputy Assembly President Settar Konukoğlu, Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB) GAP Regional Executive Board (BYK) President Figen Akan, and leading agency representatives of the region.
ADVANTAGEOUS PRICE TARIFF FROM ANADOLU JET
At the meeting held, Anadolu Jet official Bahadır Süzer stated that they would announce the advantageous price tariff for Gaziantep-Gazipaşa-Alanya connecting flights via Ankara in the coming days. Businessmen Fayat Bay and Süleyman Bay emphasized the importance of taking mutual steps in the field of tourism and expressed that they could set aside a special stand for Alanya at the Hemşeri Dernekleri Festivali, which is held annually with heavy participation in Gaziantep.
ON-SITE VISITS CONDUCTED TO AGENCY REPRESENTATIVES
Making a statement regarding the visit, ALTAV Vice President Dahaoğlu said, “We will try to close the deficit created in our foreign markets with the domestic market as much as we can. In this sense, we held important meetings in Gaziantep, which was the first stop of our domestic promotion activities. In this program, which we prepared jointly with Alanya tourist facility operators and Anadolu Jet officials, we shared our special catalog and Alanya promotional materials with the relevant parties and gave a presentation of our Alanya promotional film. Additionally, the advantages created regarding the sales of our regional hotels due to the Gazipaşa-Alanya Airport becoming active were explained through one-on-one visits made to agency representative offices.”