Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey

Hisarcıklıoğlu's statement is as follows:

“Among Turkey’s top sectors for high foreign exchange inflows and the most value-added sectors is tourism. Turkey has the potential to be one of the world's top 5 tourism destinations thanks to its favorable climatic conditions, its central geographical position and its advantages of being an open air museum.

Although there has been a decline in the number of tourists coming to Turkey due to terrorist incidents and turmoil in the region, an upward trend has been observed again in 2017. The 3^rd Tourism Summit is convening at the most opportune time. Here, all parts of the sector will determine the steps that Turkey needs to make in order to make a new breakthrough in tourism. The public and private sectors will work together to provide a potential for Turkey to have a presence in tourism. I hope that the summit proves beneficial for our country.”

- Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the 3^rd Tourism Summit

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the 3^rd Tourism Summit held at the Beştepe National Culture and Congress Center.

Speaking here, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated that the tourism policy which enabled Turkey to get to where it is today has become outdated.

President Erdoğan expressed his belief in the necessity of new approaches, vision and perspective to tourism policy. He stated that the bar for the tourism sector was determined as a part of the 2023 goals.

Erdoğan expressed his hope that the opinions, discussions and proposals in the 3rd Tourism Conference would contribute to reaching the tourism sector’s goals which is a very important element of Turkey.

Touching on the significance determining shortcomings in not being able to create a four-star attraction in tourism, President Erdoğan stated that tourism is as old as humankind.