Metropolitan Mayor Dr. attended the meeting held in a hotel. In addition to Memduh Büyükkılıç and Governor Gökmen Çiçek, AK Party Kayseri Deputy Murat Cahid Cıngı, Deputy Governor Ömer Tekeş, Provincial Gendarmerie Commander Brigadier General Hakan Dedebağı, Provincial Police Chief Kamil Karabörk, Kayseri University Rector Prof. Dr. Kurtuluş Karamustafa, Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Şükrü Dursun, Metropolitan Municipality General Secretary Hüseyin Beyhan, Metropolitan Municipality Deputy General Secretary and Erciyes A.Ş. General Manager Hamdi Elcuman, district governors, KAYOTED Chairman Murat Erdal, hotel operators and tourism professionals attended.
Büyükkılıç stated that they care about every field and said, “Your joy is our joy, as a city, it is our primary duty to share and encourage the good work done in every field. As long as you ask, we will do our part. "I am speaking on behalf of both metropolitan and district municipalities, I would like to express that we will assist you in whatever is necessary in terms of facilitating the work to be done, including planning, and taking initiative within the legal framework," he said.
Stating that they will do whatever is necessary to serve Kayseri with the ministers and MPs, Mayor Büyükkılıç noted that Erciyes Ski Center is experiencing its most active period. Büyükkılıç shared that they will extend Erciyes' contribution to city tourism over 12 months and that the hotels operating on Mount Erciyes will also be open during the summer months.
“THIS CITY WILL BE A CITY THAT DOES NOT FIT IN ITS SHELL”
Mayor Büyükkılıç stated that they found hot water in Erciyes and said, “I hope this city will be a city that does not fit into its shell in the future. We do not have any serious shortcomings in terms of infrastructure. The will that has carried out these works so far has the capacity, strength, experience and knowledge to do more in the new period, God willing. There is no problem with our resources. "We say this with pride here," he said.
“WE HAVE TO MOVE OUR CITY TO A BETTER POINT IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM WITH OUR NEW PROJECTS”
Stating that the Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mehmet Özhaseki will make great contributions to Kayseri, Büyükkılıç said, “We have to bring these forces together and move our city to a better point together with our new projects in the field of tourism. They call it smokeless industry, so we definitely need to move this forward. "Especially in terms of qualified personnel, we need to train personnel, whether within KAYMEK or in other areas, by collaborating with Kayseri Metropolitan Municipality," he said.
“I SAY, WE ARE OK WITH WHATEVER OPENS ON US”
Mayor Büyükkılıç reminded that tens of thousands of people filled the nation's garden at the Gastronomy Days event they held at the opening of the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan National Garden, which has an area of 1 million 260 thousand square meters, and stated that the Kayseri Airport New Terminal Building was also put into service. Büyükkılıç stated that the new terminal building of the airport serves with a capacity of 8 million passengers and pointed out that they should work to introduce Kayseri to tourists coming to Cappadocia. Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “I say we do whatever is our part. We must take responsibility. It makes us happy that our city is known nationally and internationally in the world. In that respect, the fact that you are doing this organized work and that our hoteliers are becoming an association is a step. I hope we can take this big step. "Our unity and solidarity are our only strength," he said.
Kayseri Governor Gökmen Çiçek also described the meeting night as a milestone and said, “I truly consider today as a milestone. I consider today to be another day. If we do something, we will not do it just for the sake of doing it. "We are together because we care about this work," he said.
At the Kayseri Hoteliers Association Promotion Meeting, the city's potential in the field of tourism, the path it should follow and what needs to be done were discussed in detail.
