Işın Fırat, President of the Board of Directors of the Alanya Social and Cultural Project Creation/Execution Center, and Bedia Gülşan, Member of the Board of Directors, who attended the Alanya Tourist Operators Association (ALTİD) Board of Directors meeting, stated that they have signed an important cultural project by producing the Alanya Doll, which will be offered to tourists as a souvenir, to revive Anatolian Seljuk clothing in addition to Alanya local costumes and to provide citizens with low socio-economic levels with vocational skills in a different field.
GOAL: TO HIGHLIGHT THE CULTURAL FABRIC
Providing information about the project to the ALTİD Board of Directors, Fırat stated that they plan to contribute to Alanya tourism in a cultural sense and expressed their desire to cooperate with ALTİD in this regard. Mentioning that they are preparing a Seljuk collection of pitch dolls, Fırat said, “We want to bring Alanya’s cultural fabric to the forefront by exhibiting the Alanya doll at tourism fairs, souvenir shops, and tourist facilities.”
“DIVERSITY IS ALWAYS VALUABLE”
Burhan Sili, Member of the Board of Directors of the Turkish Hotel Association (TÜROFED) and President of ALTİD, who stated that they support all kinds of projects contributing to Alanya and Alanya tourism, noted that with the project launched in previous years, the Alanya bottle gourd and its craftsmanship have been met with interest by tourists, and that bringing the cultural fabric, which is indispensable to tourism, to the forefront through such projects provides significant contributions to the brand value of the regions. President Sili said, “Diversity in tourism is always valuable. I also find this Alanya Doll study, which will be unique to Alanya, to be beneficial.”