Trabzon hosts hundreds of thousands of tourists a year of natural beauty and historical assets

Trabzon hosts hundreds of thousands of tourists a year of natural beauty and historical assets

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Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Ismail Sharpless, Trabzon's history and nature tourism, marine tourism is also very significant progress made then, he said. 

The giant cruise ships moored in the port of Trabzon with the city's historic and natural places in the city representing the lives of thousands of tourists ulaştırdığını Sharpless,''scheduled to tour this year, Trabzon, 14 cruise ship tourism. 3 tourists came to ship this month.

Hosted 14 ships by the end of October, we will be 20 thousand tourists walked her through the city,''he said.

Explaining that the ships are usually tourists, American and European origin, Sharpless,''This turistlerimiz mostly concentrated in cultural tourism. Indeed, they go to the city's cultural and historical texture, very meaningful exchanges have done a significant amount of viewing and tourists leaving the exchange.

Tourists who come to our city by sea, historic town of Macka Sumela Monastery, St. Sophia Museum, Ortahisar sightseeing tours inside the city's position and compliment,''he said.

Due to the increase in interest in the city every day, who expressed that they are very satisfied with the bloodless,''It appears that Trabzon in the coming years will increasingly higher levels of this potential further,''he said.

Promotional activities for tourists from the ships about the Bloodless gerçekleştirdiklerini, said:''incoming tourists brochures in English, Trabzon, distribute promotional booklets and other formation material.

Our goal, once they came to Trabzon, were happy, the happiness of their emissions by around with the information booklet and a subsequent rally, a different number, different than with people come to Trabzon.''

Why prefer to Trabzon?

Sharpless also noted that tourists from time to time chat,''when we asked why they preferred especially gratifying Trabzon get answers.

Is an important port city of Trabzon, a nearly 5 thousand year history of the world cultural heritage of the past history there, and it remained significant and beautifully preserved and restored many important works have been specified.

They carried with them a desire to see them, very important parts of the world civilization in Trabzon, they had found footprints belonging to tell,''he said. Sharpless, Istanbul, Antalya, Kusadasi, Marmaris, such as cruise tourism centers in Turkey and then added that an important point.

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which has a fascinating beauty Sumela Monastery, visitors flocked to the

which has a fascinating beauty Sumela Monastery, visitors flocked to the

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Macka district of Trabzon Altındere Valley foothills of Montenegro established the rocks and the enchanting beauty of the surrounding natural vegetation with a Sumela Monastery, is inundated with visitors. The first time after 88 years on August 15 last year, the Christian Orthodox rite, and thus allowed to hold an increasing awareness of the world-historical monastery, the most intense periods of living in terms of visitor traffic. With about 300 meters below the monastery, the ruins at the base of the valley this year, a total of 1 million tourists will visit the location is estimated.

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Macka Mayor Ertugrul Young, a 9-day holiday for tourism is extremely positive, with the Victory Day is a coincidence, a separate application conflicts by specifying the first day of the Feast of Sugar,''holidays coincide days hosted Sümela'da 6 thousand tourists, this is a record. By allowing a service held in the monastery, the increase in awareness of this, we have a big impact,''he said.

Due to the intensity of tourists during the holiday town of Macka Sumela monastery about 15 kilometers up to 20 minutes, even vehicle traffic crashes took place from time to time, vehicle miles of tail formed by said Young,''I wish our paths had a larger density of the traffic kilitlenmesiydi but this is a beautiful tourist thing. In contrast to previous months even in Ramadan, such as hotel occupancy rate was almost the other months. This is a positive value for us, we hope to continue to increase. We aim to 1 million tourists per year visit Sümela'yı''he said.

Increased interest in the Black Sea

Sumela Monastery of the Virgin Mary by Christians last year and this year, rising to the sky on August 15, which is considered sacred and are allowed to perform ritual reminiscent of the young Orthodox Christians,''the Black Sea and Sümela'ya interest is growing with each passing day. Sümela'da this, we made last year and this was a huge influence in terms of rituals in the introduction. The first 6 months of last year, compared with the first 6 months of this year was increased by 40 percent the number of tourists from Sümela'ya. This number will increase after this year's ritual anticipate''he said.

No matter the other days of the month''Sümela'da sacred "proposal

Tourism in the region who expressed more canlanacağını Young,''Sumela monastery, not only on August 15, sacred to Christians, we want to be open to other days in the liturgy. This is the area's tourism creates a noticeable vitality, and increases the number of tourists. This trades, hotels reflected''he said.

Fener Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew of the Monastery of Sumela ritual so that it is important for tourism in the city, pointing to the arrival of the young,''Patriarch Bartholomew after this year's ceremony on Maçka'daki Kuştul Vazelon and monasteries to visit in the coming years due to interest in the monasteries shows the number of tourists from the region will increase. Even now it only seems to increase the number of tourists visiting the monastery on this 2. We do not know the number of tours for visitors to come and Vazelon'a Kuştul but observed an increase,''he said.

Vazelon Kuştul and should be restored

Young, Kuştul for tourism in the region, pointing out the need to restore monasteries and Vazelon,''This 2 monastery or improvement, or at least should be restored. In addition to these monasteries and corrupted paths of the vehicle and the need to improve. To be away from the center of town because of bad roads and monasteries not only more tourists, Macka. I am sure that if you Macka improvements, so the tourists to the region remains a day to stay at least 2 days. Therefore increase the income of local tourism,''he said.

Macka Mayor Ertugrul Young, the development of tourism in the region meant to increase employment and investment in tourism by the expression,''the local historic sites, natural vegetation, waterfalls and wild animals in the most suitable for tourism. Evaluate the benefit of our country as it has completed''.

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