Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announced that Turkey’s stand at the 18th Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) exhibition, which is held in the Russian capital from 16 – 20 March, 2011.
turkey-mitt11-awardTurkey’s stand was chosen as the “Best Stand” at the world’s seventh biggest tourism fair, 2011 MITT Moscow Fair. Turkey attended the fair with 1,254 sqm stand at Hall 8 and received greater attention from Russian travelers thanks to good relations between two countries.
Ozgur Ozarslan, Deputy Undersecretary of Turkish Tourism Ministry said that the Ministry is expecting Turkey will increase the Russian tourist number to four millions in the 2011. He also said 3.1 million Russian tourists visited Turkey in 2010.
“Abolishing the visa regime will positively affect the relationship between Russia and Turkey. The number of the Turkish tourists will double also after the abolishing the visa regime,” Ozarslan added.
Ozarslan noted that the number of Turkish visitors who visit Moscow increased 35% in 2010.
Moreover, Turkey received more awards from Russia. Turkey’s Kemer town was chosen as “the Best Tourism Destination”, Alanya town was chosen as “the Best Family and Children’s Destination” while the Amara Dolce Vite Hotel in Kemer was chosen as “the Best Beach Hotel of Turkey” in a survey conducted by Russian tourism portal Zvezda Travel.ru.