Bodrum flying high

After a 60% increased in overseas investors in the last year, the good news just keeps on coming for Bodrum's burgeoning property market....

It has been announced that easyJet is to start running new direct flights from London to Bodrum from April 23. The new flights are to run three days per week; Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

These will then become the first direct flights from London to Bodrum, and also by the biggest name to announce direct flights to Bodrum. The news follows the recent announcement that major airline Pegasus are to run new flights to from London to Bodrum via Istanbul.

Growing tourism destination

Julian Walker, Director at Spot Blue commented: "This is yet more good news for the property market in Bodrum. The announcement of new flights is good for the property market in any area, but perhaps more so in Bodrum's case, because the announcement will show potential investors that Bodrum is a growing tourism destination within Turkey."

Visitor numbers to Turkey reached 23million for 2008, -- as projected -- and are projected to reach 30 million for 2009. These new flights will help ensure these projections are met, by giving tour operators more flights around which to base package holidays, increasing occupancy for owners of resort properties in Bodrum.

Increased occupancy

Mr Walker added: "The fact that the flights are to be run by low cost airline EasyJet is most beneficial to owners and potential buyers of Bodrum property because it gives British holiday makers access to short affordable flights, thus making private holiday rentals in Bodrum more appealing.

"This will increase occupancy on privately rented properties in Bodrum, thus upping rental yields and making Bodrum property more appealing to Pure investors and holiday home investors."

Source: www.spotblue.co.uk