“2nd” organized in cooperation with Kocaeli Governorship, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality, Kocaeli University, TÜRSAB and Kocaeli Hotel Operators. The last day of the "Tourism Sector Meeting" program was held at Kocaeli Congress Center. Developing Kocaeli's tourism potential and promoting tourism routes
Kocaeli Deputy Governor Şenol Kaya, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Mayor Mustafa Soydabaş, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality Deputy Secretary General Sadık Uysal, Körfez Mayor Şener Söğüt, Kocaeli University Tourism Faculty Dean Emrah Özkul, City Council Secretary General Sedat Köse, TÜRSAB Regional President Aytekin Şahinbaş, KOTİD President Sadettin Acar and 150 travel agency representatives coming to the region from home and abroad attended. Speaking at the program, Deputy Mayor Soydabaş said, "Kocaeli is a city that has been the capital of civilizations and stands out with its historical and cultural values."
“TOURISM DESTINATION KOCAELI”
Speaking on the last day of the sector meeting, Deputy Chairman Soydabaş started his words by emphasizing that Kocaeli is a tourism destination. Stating that historical and cultural values give life to cities as much as natural beauties, Soydabaş said, “Kocaeli has extremely valuable beauties in terms of tourism. It embraces everyone with its green, blue, culture and history. "I would like to thank the guests who came to our city to get to know and introduce Kocaeli," he said. Deputy Governor Kaya and TÜRSAB President Şahinbaş thanked the stakeholders and Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality.
TRAVEL AGENCIES DISCOVERED KOCAELI
Within the scope of the program, which is important for the development of tourism in Kocaeli, travel agencies examined many parts of the city. On the first day, the agencies visited Izmit Historical Kapanca Street, Başiskele Yuvacık Dam, Gölcük Summer Thermal Spring, Gebze Çoban Mustafa Pasha Complex, Gebze Malkoçoğlu Tomb, Historical Water Cabinet, Körfez Hereke Castle, which attract attention with their civil architectural structures, and the second day started with the Kartepe program. Gezi; Separate Planet Glass Terrace, Sky Hand, Kartepe Ski Center, which draws attention with its winter tourism potential, continued with Ormanya, Sekakamp and Maşukiye, which are frequented by nature tourism enthusiasts. On the last day of the organization, one-on-one meetings and mutual collaborations were held with travel agency representatives and tourism businesses in the city at the stands set up in the Congress Center.
