Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Turkey. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Weather and the best of times for tourism

Districts of Kars
Districts of Kars (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Location of Malatya within Turkey.
Location of Malatya within Turkey. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Weather and the best of times for tourism

Weather of the important factors in the success of any vacation or a trip we do, and recipes seasoned traveler is to collect appropriate information and appropriate to the destination they wish to visit, then on every traveler knows that the best time to visit the country who dreams of going to him.
Perhaps the geographical location of Turkey, contributed to the diversity climate where, where you'll find seven climatic zones differentiated in this beautiful country, and different temperatures and appropriate times to visit each region, and this also depends on the type of flight that you want to do it, if the trip to the beaches and enjoy the beauty of nature , or a visit to the cities, rich culture and markets, or other activities that can be carried out in Turkey.
What is the best time to visit Turkey? , when peak of tourism? Any ideal months to visit Turkish cities and beaches? Mark this practical information guide you in your next trip to the country, which brings together the civilization of the East and the West.

When I visit Turkey?
Overall: spring and autumn, temperatures are moderate, and less congestion tourism, tourist bookings and prices cheaper by up to 20%.

Where do I go in the season:
Spring (from April to mid-June):
Attention: Most of the hotels in Istanbul are filled during the spring and so would prefer to book well in advance

Summer (from mid-June to mid-September):
The western shores of Turkey will be very crowded, and prices are high, so we recommend b: Istanbul and Anatolia East (Kars, Erzurum, Caesarea, and that, Malatya, Rize, Cappadocia)

Winter (November to March):
South-eastern region (provinces: Agri, Ardahan, Bingol, Bdlas, Elazig, Erzincan, Erzurum, Hakkari, Agdere, Kars, Malatya, much, Tunceli, though) - the most moderate and acceptable in the winter, as the prices of bookings tourism drops off significantly

Autumn (from mid-September to October):

Sunday, August 17, 2014

English: Istanbul location Kartal. Türkçe: İst...
English: Istanbul location Kartal. Türkçe: İstanbul Kartal ilçesinin konumu. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
It is known that the quickest and easiest way to get to Yalova from Istanbul is to take the fast ferry which operates from Yenikapı Yenikapı (South Sultanahmet).



The trip takes 70 minutes and costs 14 TL per person, and 12 TL per person in vehicles 0.67 TL for cars and 5 TL for bicycles. there are discounts on the price of the ticket, these discounts are available for students and for those who buy their tickets online through the site Edo İDO (site operator for phrases) as there are discounts when booking early. 

available on the ferry Wi-Fi and play areas for children and shops selling souvenirs and some supplies for travel and a coffee shop and cafeteria and a place dedicated to prayer. 
 
operate fast ferries also Pendik Pendik, a a suburb of Istanbul, on the Asian side, and be in this case duration of the trip shorter terms takes about 40 minutes. 
You can take a bus Sea that are run from Kartal Kartal also on the Asian side and the journey time is also about 40 minutes. Having access to Yelwa, you can take a bus or Altkasa to the city center with the knowledge that the price of the bus ticket up to 5 pounds almost Viclvk The taxi up to 40 TL.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Turkey and an important tourist destination for Algerians 5 years ago

Unofficial Turkish emblem (This is not the Tur...
Unofficial Turkish emblem (This is not the Turkish flag!), crescent and star: ay yıldız (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The vice president of the National Union of Algerian tourist agencies (NGOs), Elias Sanusi, said that Turkey has become an important tourist destination for Algerians, five years ago.
He said Sanusi told Anatolia, on Thursday, that the cities of Istanbul (northwestern Turkey) and Antalya (south) and Bodrum (west) and Bursa (north-west), has become one of the important destinations for tourists Algerians in the summer period.
He attributed the reasons for choosing these destinations Turkish Algerians, to what they offer many of the services at competitive prices, as well as the tourist and historical typists who characterize these cities.
Sanusi said that Antalya (southern Turkey), characterized by the nature of tourism, differ from Istanbul (north-west) that are unique historical in nature, where the palaces of the Ottoman and Islamic monuments, adding that "all the elements of the Algerian attract tourists."
According to figures issued by the Algerian Ministry of Tourism, Turkey has become more attractive to the Algerians, the ministry said 92 thousand Algerians visited Turkey, and that of the total two million citizens, they have to spend their vacation outside the country in 2013.
According to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, the number of tourists coming to Turkey about 118.18 thousand Algerian tourists during 2013.
The figures issued by the Turkish Embassy in Algiers, that between 40 thousand and 50 thousand Algerians visited Turkey in the years 2009 and 2010.
Sanusi explained that one of the reasons that made the jump to the forefront of Turkey's tourist destinations for the Algerians, in addition to Tunisia, Morocco, France, the Turks are convinced Algerian tourists, the high level of services they provide, either in hotels or tourist sites.
Sanusi said that Turkey has benefited from European experiences in the field of tourism and especially German, they made the establishment of luxury hotels fit the wealthy class, and other hotels for the middle class, in order to target the tourists of different classes.
The Turkish tourism revenues rose by 7.9% in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year, reaching revenues of $ 8.9 billion, according to the Turkish Statistical Authority.
Sanusi added that the tourism and hotel services provided in Turkey even took into account the needs of children, Sanusi said "Algerians traveling to Turkey, accompanied by their children, which made the Turks are thinking small in this category and provide them as requested."
He said Sanusi The Turks had the marketing media outstanding tourism in their own country, through the production of historical series, and trendy, which promoted tourism historical particular, citing the example miniseries Turkish topline "Harem Sultan," which dealt with the date of the Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, which made many of Algerian tourists traveled to this palace of Sultan to visit him in Istanbul.
The most prominent Sanusi also ease the procedures established by the Turkish Embassy in Algeria, and for obtaining a visa, as one of the most important factors in attracting Algerians to Turkey, saying that "the time required to obtain a visa to Turkey, not to exceed three days in all cases, the duration of alluring travel to Turkey, compared with other countries such as France, which may reach as long as necessary to get her visa to two or three months. "
Turkey has seen a rise in the rates of inbound tourism to 7.6% over the past year, and the number of tourists then 39.2 million people, of whom 33.8 million foreign tourists, and the rest of the 5.4 million Turks living abroad. The total tourism revenues to Turkey of $ 32.3 billion, a rise of 11.4% compared to 2012.
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Rise in tourism revenues in Turkey 7.9% in the second quarter

English: tourists at Borobudur
English: tourists at Borobudur (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Institute of Statistics said in Turkey T July 31 that tourism revenues rose by 7.9% in the second quarter to reach 8.98 billion dollars.

And represents one of the most important tourism revenue sources that will help finance the current deficit in the balance of current transactions.

The percentage of tourism revenues from foreign tourists during the second quarter, 84.5% of total revenues, while 15.5% of the proceeds from Turkish citizens residing abroad.

The tourists trips through personal or tourist offices, and was more than 6.6 billion dollars of tourism revenue profile, and the rest as a result of organized trips through the tourist offices any more than 2.35 billion dollars.

The data showed that the average spent by foreign tourists during Saahth amounted to $ 759 while the average expenditure of a Turkish citizen resident abroad during his visit to the country in 1325 dollars, an average of 818 dollars per capita of all the tourists.

The number of tourists during the second quarter of this year, about 11 million tourists, 9.5% of whom are foreign nationals, and the rest are foreigners.

Source: RT + Agencies