EMITT 2014 Tourism Fair Ended

18. East Mediterranean International Tourism Fair (EMITT), organized with the support of Ministry of Culture and Tourism on 30 January-2 February, was attended by almost five thousand national and local public institutions and private tourism agencies from 71 countries. The opening of the fair, in which Ankara Keçiören Municipality and Union of Turkish World Municipalities (TDBB) had a stand, was organized in İstanbul Beylikdüzü TÜYAP Fairground on 30 January. The opening was participated by Minister of Culture and Tourism Ömer Çelik, Governor of Istanbul Hüseyin Avni Mutlu, Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Kadir Topbaş, parliament members, bureaucrats and local and foreign tourism specialists. Tourism is the peace project of the world Talking in the opening session of the fair, Minister of Culture and Tourism stated, “Tourism is the most civil and democratic sector in the world, it is the peace project of the world.” He also underlined that tourism never loses and always makes the people and the countries interested in tourism earn money; he also mentioned that they are trying to make Turkey become the fifth all around the world in tourism sector. The institutions which attended Emitt Tourism Fair, which is among the 5 biggest fairs on tourism and in which Argentina was selected as the guest country, exhibited the cultural heritages, natural beauties, and economic and cultural values of the countries and cities they represented. Tourism Fair ended in February 2.