ANA/Turkish Daily News - Konya, TurkeyFriday, January 11, 2008
The central Anatolian city of Konya, one of Turkey's major tourist attractions, especially in terms of faith tourism, targets to host 10 million tourists in 2013.
Konya Mayor Tahir Akyürek said the city had made great progress in recent years, which was most evident in the field of tourism. “Tourists from international countries have begun to realize this wealth,” he said.
“The promotional activities conducted on the international level in particular during 2007 to mark the Year of Mevlana proved successful. We have organized around 100 sema performances (whirling dervishes) in 25 countries. The activities held by the Culture and Tourism Ministry also played a crucial role in promoting the city.”
Mevlana was a universal figure, whose reputation also contributes to the promotion of Konya, according to him.
“The number of visitors to the Mevlana Museum, itself, indicates an increase in recent years.
Konya will play an active role in promoting the cultural and historic heritages of the city. Konya can host 10 million visitors in 2013.
We have the potential and infrastructure. I believe that Konya will be one of Turkey's leading tourism destinations if the civilian airport and the high-speed train projects are activated,” Akyürek said.
[picture: Mevlana Türbesi ve cami (Rumi's mausoleum). Photo from: http://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konya].
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