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Turkish beach unveils 200 sand sculptures Turkey’s international sand sculpture festival is welcoming visitors for the 14th time in the Mediterranean city of Antalya. “We are presenting around 200 sculptures made by 15 sand sculptors with 10,000 tons of sand in three weeks,” Cem Karaca, director of the International Antalya Sand Sculpture...

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5 million tourists to create 10 bln lira financial turnover during Eid al-Fitr in Turkey The nine-day-long Eid al-Fitr holiday is expected to enliven Turkey’s economy, with tourism players anticipating approximately 5 million people to travel during this period, creating a financial turnover of 10 billion Turkish Liras ($1.6 billion). Of the...

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"Get Turkey Cycling" campaign funded through the European Union aims to promote urban bicycle usage Turkey, with cycle lanes of 1,048 kilometers in length across 17 cities, will undertake its first promotional campaign - "Get Turkey Cycling!" with a European Union (EU) fund that aims to encourage bicycle usage in urban...

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With a 22 percent increase in the number of tourists in 2018, Turkey registered the highest increase in the number of foreign arrivals among 33 European countries, according to a report by the European Travel Commission Turkey was the top performing tourist destination in 2018 and recorded the highest growth in...

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