Antalya ‘reaching for the stars’

Antalya’s desirability as an international investment location is increasing…

Eight million foreign leisure travellers visited Antalya in 2007, which is a fantastic figure, but Antalya governor Alaadin Yuksel says the region is not resting on its laurels: “We want to attract even more investors this year, as it is great for the economy, which benefited from more than £3 billion in revenues from the tourism sector last year.

”The figure could be even higher this year if we achieve our aim of bringing in ten million people during 2008. This money could then be ploughed back into the local area in order to further enhance its desirablility. We want visitors who come here to leave with very good impressions - we want them to come back here many more times."

The Turkish government is currently aiming to increase the annual number of foreign arrivals from 23 million to 50 million in the next 15 years.