The ALANYA Tourism Promotion Foundation (ALTAV) held its regular weekly meeting at the City Council. The meeting was attended by Mehmet Dahaoğlu, Vice President of the Alanya Tourism Operators Association (ALTİD) and ALTAV, Nurhan Özcan, Chair of the City Council, and members of the board of directors. The topics discussed included the sustainability and improvement of annual sporting events held in Alanya, the aim of increasing the number of events and sports activities in the city, the production of visual materials for the international and domestic promotion of the newly completed Alanya Cable Car, and the evaluation of the 2017-2018 trade fair calendar. The countries that the ALTAV board plans to target for promotional activities are: "Netherlands, United Kingdom, Poland, Austria, Finland, Turkey (Istanbul EMITT), Switzerland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Belgium, Iran, Latvia, Estonia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Denmark, Hungary, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, and Kazakhstan."
"PROMOTION WILL NOT BE LIMITED TO TRADE FAIRS."
Mehmet Dahaoğlu, Vice President of ALTAV and ALTİD, stated that they plan to participate in 31 international trade fair events in the aforementioned countries. He mentioned that they will promote the city with special, large Alanya stands at the MITT Moscow Tourism Fair, the Krasnaya Presnya Park Festival (Moscow), which will be organized by the Turkish Hoteliers Federation (TÜROFED) if planned, and the ITB (Berlin), which is known as the World Tourism Exchange. Dahaoğlu said, "We are starting the fair season with the 50+Beurs fair, which will be held in the Netherlands between September 19-23, and targets guests aged 50 and over. Our promotional activities will not be limited to fairs and festivals. We will invite renowned artists from abroad to Alanya for music video shoots. We will also attract press groups, travel writers with a large following, and social media influencers to Alanya."