Well ? is it looking busier than last season ?

[Twin Bee]

Yet all the tourists stats say Turkey is doing very well this year and has over taken Spain. I hope Turkish citizens can still make a decent living. That is in everyones interest.

[stoop]

I guess Marmaris is doing well then judging by the people that were on our very full 767 in June!

[laffa]

  My niece and fambo just came back and said Marmaris is buzzin,

[Jukebox]

A colleague of mine has just come back to work this morning from a two week holiday in Calis.
This is the third holiday she has had and she said she couldn't believe how quiet it was. One day they went to Fethiye and it was like a ghost town, even the Aqua park was empty when they went.
Thankfully they all still had a great time but it's worrying all the same.

[telsoo]

quote:Originally posted by Jukebox

A colleague of mine has just come back to work this morning from a two week holiday in Calis.
This is the third holiday she has had and she said she couldn't believe how quiet it was. One day they went to Fethiye and it was like a ghost town, even the Aqua park was empty when they went.
Thankfully they all still had a great time but it's worrying all the same.

Everybody you speak to here in the UK and ask about holidays in 2008,it all Turkey or Greece for 90% of them and the media says that they are the two top destinations this year. I think though, if you look at the UK brochures for Turkey,it all seems to be the very touristy places like Marmaris,Altinkum and Bodrum that are featured as opposed to Fethiye and Calis so people only know those places as a tourist.
In a way its keeps our area relatively unspoilt I guess but a certain amount of tourism income is needed.

[Jukebox]

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I think if you look at the UK brochures for Turkey,it all seems to be the very touristy places like Marmaris,Altinkum and Bodrum that are featured as opposed to Fethiye and Calis so people only know those places as a tourist.
In a way its keeps our area relatively unspoilt I guess but a certain amount of tourism income is needed.
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Exactly, I feel sorry for al the people we know ( and those we don't) who are  struggling to make a liveing .

[saoirse]

Surely Calis would also be considered a "touristy area"?

[laffa]

  Dont know about the rest of you, but I did'nt like Calis as much, when Direct Holidays moved in , glad they've gone.

[stoop]

I think it's all about balance. Whilst none of us appear to want to see Calis and Fethiye become ghost towns we also do not want them to become the next Marmaris.

Maybe the planned (big word in Turkey I know)cruise liner dock will bring in some new people with money to spend - if it ever happens.

[Jukebox]

quote:Originally posted by saoirse

Surely Calis would also be considered a "touristy area"?

Yes it should be but it seems to be lacking tourists at the moment.