BODRUM Airport’s passenger traffic fell by a shocking 43.4 percent in 2016. Latest full year figures revealed that there were 453,000 passengers through the airport in 2016 compared to 797,000 in 2015, a downturn in real terms by 344,000. In 2016, the number of visitors to Bodrum by sea also dropped sharply. According to this, 375,000…
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Booking.com has been fined 2.54 million TL by Turkey’s competition authority for its “best price guarantee” practices. The Competition Authority had previously decided the pricing and quota rate terms, and the terms of the best price practices of Booking.com’s agreements with accommodation facilities, were restricting competition. Daily Sabah reported that according to the related clauses of…
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WHAT maybe a first for Turkey – the Didim-based agency which actively promotes the town and its travel agencies has voted all women on to its main committee. After elections were held recently, the local branch of the Turkish Travel Agencies Union (TURSAB) selected: Chairman: Aylin Bal (Love Tur) Deputy chairman: Nihan Salabaş (Tantur) General secretary:…
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A SWATHE of land on which one of Altinkum’s most famous hotel apart landmarks sits is to go up for auction. The plot – 7,509,81 m2 in total – is where the Dolunay Apartments is located, directly opposite Medusa Nightclub and just a stone’s throw from the sea. It’s being reported locally that the land…
Read MoreIF anyone is shipping goods back to the UK in the next four months, and would have room in their container for approximately 3 cu m of personal possessions (books, clothing, kitchen items), all packed in small boxes, would they please contact me on mattnaom@yahoo.co.uk My possessions are near Akbuk. I would be happy to…
Read More ELEVEN Blue Flag awards for beaches – including three in Didim and four in Bodrum – have been axed, it has emerged. With Turkey’s tourism on the floor following this year’s terrorist attacks and cruise ship cancellations, it has now been revealed that 11 prime beaches which had the universal Blue Flag award have been…
Read More Kerry Spencer, Editor, U.K, Cruise Critic: TURKEY’S hopes to get 2017 off to a flier in its struggling tourism sector have been sunk by an early blow. Cunard Line and P&O Cruises have announced plans to cancel ALL calls to Turkey in 2017 – replacing them with calls to stops in Greece or Albania. The…
Read More Foreign arrivals drop again THE number of foreign arrivals to Turkey dropped by 25.8 percent to 2.45 million in October, compared to the same month in 2015. The Tourism Ministry said it was the smallest shrinkage in foreign arrivals in the last seven months, as Turkey’s tourism industry struggles amid political and security concerns. The…
Read More A UNIVERSITY student who learnt she had leukaemia on the day her mum was discharged after suffering breast cancer has sparked a local campaign for blood to the Red Crescent. Afra Rabia Demirel, a 22-year-old student from Aydin, launched the campaign Give blood hope among her friends to raise awareness of the need for blood and…
Read More DIDIM residents are set to face bigger water bills from January 1, 2017. Aydin Metropolitan Council set the domestic and business water rates for its 17 districts at a recent meeting. The domestic cost of a cubic metre of water in Didim will rise by 37 percent from its present 3.50 TL to 4.80 TL. For…
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