Calis Beach

[Mark G]

Doesn't it seem a bit strange that none of the bar/restaurant owners from Calis beach have ever joined this thread and made any comments in defence of them sitting on their hands and doing nothing while the beach, and ultimately their incomes disintigrate in front of their eyes.
It is so shortsighted of them to do nothing and to blame everyone else from the belediye to Mugla, to the government, to whoever they can.
There are no signs about littering or penalties for doing it, and no deterrent for anyone NOT to just drop their litter or not pick up the mess their dog makes.
I have personally sat on the beach and seen families turn up, get all their food and beer and bottles of water etc out, feed themselves and their kids, then just get up and walk away leaving everything behind them.
Why do you never see local police walking along the prom looking for people dropping litter and then making them go pick it instead of just the odd posing motorbike ride along the prom.

There are probably countless little towns like Calis not only in Turkey but in other countries too that were ONCE popular tourist resorts until they went so badly downhill the the tourists just stopped coming. And once they've gone and that reputation gets around to a large number of people and holiday companies, it will be very difficult to get them back.

[Jacqui Harvey]

Well as Vojo's are member here perhaps they would like to give their opinion?
I know if the beach is not looking good, we will go to Fethiye to eat, or one of the restaurants in the Main Street. We have never thought anything of paying extra to sit on the prom, but if the view is going to be of rubbish there would seem to be no point. Ultimately the restaurant on the prom are going to lose out.  So lets have a view from some of them.  Time the restaurant owners found out what us tourists are thinking.

[bewva]

A few years ago I was sat on Olu beach in the April. There was a team of 5 guys walking along the beach 2 gathering rocks into piles and 2 digging holes and burying the rocks and 1 picking up litter and binning it. It looked much better once done.
I can't beleive that the bar owners 'bury their heads in the sand'   

[Scunner]

A few years ago I was sat on Olu beach in the April. There was a team of 5 guys walking along the beach 2 gathering rocks into piles and 2 digging holes and burying the rocks and 1 picking up litter and binning it.

Did it not occur to you that you were in the way

[Highlander]

Well as Vojo's are member here perhaps they would like to give their opinion?
I know if the beach is not looking good, we will go to Fethiye to eat, or one of the restaurants in the Main Street. We have never thought anything of paying extra to sit on the prom, but if the view is going to be of rubbish there would seem to be no point. Ultimately the restaurant on the prom are going to lose out.  So lets have a view from some of them.  Time the restaurant owners found out what us tourists are thinking.

jacqui, with respect.....

Unfair to single out Volkan for an opinion. If he agreed, it seems to me that the natural reaction of his fellow Turks, who were not of the same persuasion, might well be to go on the offensive against him. If he disagreed, would you expect people to boycott his very fine establishment. I wouldn't.

The cost of eating on the front is dependant on a number of factors and is irrelevant to me. If I want to, I will, end of.

[Scunner]

I gave up on this years ago. Like many I am not a huge beach fan, and a lower quality beach increases my avoidance of it - I have never sunbathed on Calis beach that I can recall or even spent much time on it. It's almost not there to me - I loved the prom and I love the sea and bay, I don't see the bit in the middle really anymore. Someone on Facebook said that it looks lovely at night - a genuinely honest opinion I believe, and sadly darkness does help. I noticed the beach last year in April, because I was there and because they cleaned it. It looked great.

But someone as weary of it as me can just blank it out - it's the holidaymakers arriving, perhaps for the first time - who will certainly not be ignoring it. They (as mentioned) may never ever return. Several hundred pounds, per family, per holiday, per year - there for the taking and gone forever. Next will be "Where are all the tourists"!!!

And where does it go from here? Even in years when there was a big pre-May clean up, that was it - so from May till October it just became more and more littered with fag butts, broken glass and all the rest.

With no initial clean, what on Earth will people holidaying in September for the first time in Calis find between prom and sea?

[pops]

 I must say, as a newbie on here, I find this thread quite disconcerting. I have been to many Turkish holiday (Beach) resorts over the years and never come across a problem of this nature anywhere. Each resort we have visited has been ready and waiting as the new season has approached. Repairs done, paint applied and beach in spotless condition, before the first visitors of the season arrive.
 We have booked to be in Calis in September but I fear that cancellation would have to be considered as an option if the situation doesn't improve.
 I'm sure that many people, like myself, join resort forums to try to get a feel for the place before they actually get there. I appreciate everyone's concerns and honesty here, but be assured.......it aint good for promoting the season ahead and encouraging  prospective visitors.
 I do hope the situation improves.......I've been looking forward to Calis for months.

[Scunner]

 I'm sure that many people, like myself, join resort forums to try to get a feel for the place before they actually get there.

it aint good for promoting the season ahead and encouraging  prospective visitors.

Well to be honest we can't do both.

I'm sure you'll have a great holiday. There's so much more to Calis than the beach. Thank God.

[mercury]

I know that The Nil Bar got lots of its regulars together to clear not only their bit of beach but the rest of the beach as well. They have done it at least twice.. Maybe they just got fed up of being the only bar to bother.. Jacqui was only suggesting Vojos as they seem to be the only bar who regularly post on here so she knows that they read it. If only to advertise their restaurant.. I don't think she was picking on them..

[pops]

I'm sure you'll have a great holiday. There's so much more to Calis than the beach. Thank God.

I'm sure we will.....just got a little depressed reading through this again.

I'm not a lover of being on the beach either but our friends travelling with us this year love it. Personally I'd rather walk along the prom, but inevitably....you see the beach.

I just hope for some improvement and positive news otherwise i'll be spending too much time in bars.