Mehmet UZEL / KAYSERİ (İGFA) – While 15-22 April Tourism Week was celebrated with various events in Kayseri, Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Şükrü Dursun, Erciyes University (ERÜ) Tourism Faculty Dean Prof. Dr. The accompanying delegation, including Kenan Güllü, Kayseri Tourism Operators Association (KAYTİD) President Serdar Sarıçam and sector representatives, Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Dr. He paid a courtesy visit to Memduh Büyükkılıç.
Expressing his satisfaction with the visit that took place in the Presidential Meeting Hall, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “I welcome our tourism volunteers and thank them. We spend the week to the fullest, with the understanding of both promoting and helping people get to know each other. "We always strive to ensure that our city is remembered positively through events," he said.
“OUR CITY IS AN OPEN AIR MUSEUM”
Büyükkılıç emphasized that the ancient city Kayseri is almost an open-air museum and said, “Such events are very important for us. Our city is an open-air museum, we share this everywhere. In every district, in every region, there are very important places with an understanding of historical texture. Kapuzbaşı Waterfall is a waterfall that has made a name for itself in the world, and has been placed in a position that everyone can easily reach. Areas that are inaccessible to humans, such as the Aladağlar region and Hacer Forests, add a special beauty. "In this period, people care about tourism, let them travel, see and taste," he said.
Reminding that they have entered the UNESCO Creative Cities List in the field of gastronomy, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “On a national basis, we should strive to ensure that our commentary reaches the place it deserves by turning it into a congress and bringing both health-related and gastronomy-related to the international dimension. "Hopefully, we will make efforts to increase both the number and quality of hotels in Kayseri," he said.
THE SUMMER SEASON WILL BE FULLY IN ERCIYES
Büyükkılıç reminded that the High Altitude Camp Center, which was built on Mount Erciyes, has become a popular destination, and that the hotel owners stated that they will keep their hotels open in the summer season for summer, plateau or camp tourism in sports areas due to these camps.
Stating that the number of investors should increase and every point of the city should be touched upon with new projects, Mayor Büyükkılıç said, “To show the will to be worthy of our citizens who love, choose and trust us in this field. Most importantly, it thunders with its tree branches. We mean something to you. We are aware of this. Without you, we would have no meaning. "Together, hopefully, we will be instrumental in the recognition of our city by joining hands with our Directorate of Culture, governorship, municipalities, districts and center," he said.
“WE WILL HELP OUR CITY BECOME RECOGNIZED”
Büyükkılıç said that they will join hands and make the city known, and that this city deserves to be known for its excellent services, and continued his speech as follows:
“Hopefully, we have come to the point of completing the work we have done on our museums. By implementing them, we will help our city become more well-known, and we will make our efforts in that direction. We say that KAYMEK is at your service when it comes to qualified personnel, please pay attention to this. Provide the necessary cooperation on this matter. Let's raise, train, and ensure that our children are equipped. It also makes it easier to find a job. As local administrators, we should give opportunities to our children who are equipped with foreign languages in our hotels, businesses and centers of our own scale. We should prioritize health tourism in Kayseri. "This will bring hotel, cultural tourism or ski tourism."
Büyükkılıç congratulated the Tourism Week of all tourism sector representatives and said, “Let's express that we will be stronger together, hopefully. I say let's produce projects and make efforts to implement the projects. "Welcome back, you have done us an honor, we wish you a happy week, and happy past holidays as well," he said.
Kayseri Provincial Culture and Tourism Director Şükrü Dursun said that they are planning events throughout the week, will hold various trips and interviews, and that the momentum in Erciyes, especially with the investments of the Metropolitan Municipality, has started to show its effect in tourism in Kayseri.
Expressing his gratitude to Mayor Büyükkılıç for his projects and services that support history and tourism, Dursun said, “With your great support, together with our Governor, we have countless values in Soğanlı and Erdemli Valley, Koramaz Valley and Kültepe, and it shows its effects here too. "We started to host many guests, we want to thank you," he said.
