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8-11 DECEMBER 2016

POST-SHOW REPORT

11th TOURISM FAIR AND CONGRESS11. TURİZM FUAR VE KONGRESİ

Travel Turkey İzmir 2016 Tourism Fair and Congress which is hosted by Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and organised by İZFAŞ and TÜRSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies), under the patronage of Repuplic of Turkey, Ministry of Culture&Tourism, has celebrated its 10th anniversary with sector professionals from all around the world.

Tourism Sector has met in İzmir!

Halil İbrahim Polat Senior Vice President, Domestic Sales, Turkish Airlines

Ekrem Demirtaş President, İzmir Chamber of Commerce

Başaran Ulusoy President, Association of Turkish Travel Agencies TÜRSAB

Mr. Feras Ajlouni Director of Tourism Directorate, The Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority

Aziz Kocaoğlu Mayor of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality

Özdemir Çakacak Governor of Mersin

Erol Ayyıldız Governor of İzmir

Nabi AvcıMinister of Culture and Tourism of Republic of Turkey

Opening Speeches

Dates: 8-11 December 2016

Visiting Hours: 10:00-18:30

Venue: fuarizmir

Simultaneous Event: 2nd Gastronomic Tourism Congress

Partner City: Mersin

International Destination Partner: Aqaba / Jordan

Facts & Figures

1.179 Exhibitors

130 International Exhibitors

38 Exhibiting Countries

38.587 Visitors

77 Visiting Countries

179 Hosted Buyers

16.885 m² Net Exhibition Space

518 National Buyers

7160 B2B Meetings

9th Early Reservation Campaign

Hotels & Accomodatıon

Travel Agencies & Tour Operators

Airlines

Business Tourism & Mice

Medical Tourism

Yacht Charter, Cruiselines & Marinas

Active & Adventure Tourism

Culture Tourism

Sports Tourism

Tourism Technologies

Tourism Transportation

Educational Tourism

Ministries

Consulates

Municipalities

Tourism Bureaus & Boards

Governorships & Culture And Tourism Directorates

Development Agencies

Associations & Unions

Tourism Media

Cafe And Restaurants

Banking & Insurance

Cafe, Bar, Hotel Equipments

Exhibitor Profile

Exhibiting Countries

AMERICA

EUROPE

ASIA

AFRICA AUSTRALIA

USAArgentina

Belarus, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, Spain,TRNC, Turkey,Ukraine, UK

Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Israel, India, Iraq, Iran,Jordan, Malaysia, Palestine, Pakistan, South Korea, Sri Lanka,Uzbekistan, UAE

Australia

Algeria, Ethiopia,Namibia, South Africa,

Sudan, Tunisia,Zimbabwe,

Bülent Özdemir Mikatur / Aegean Regional Manager

We’ve been participating to Travel Turkey İzmir since 2010. The exhibition is giving us opportunities to get in touch with the hotels and make deals afterwards. In the other hand, it also gives us the chance to get in touch with end users face to face. We’ve been focused on the domestic market on b2b meetings and every year we participate with a bigger booth and we will go on.

Gamze Karakuştatilvitrini.com / Sales Manager

We’ve been participating to Travel Turkey İzmir for the 4th time to increase our domestic clients potential. Our participation creates a positive and remarkable reflection for us every year. The b2b meetings we have made strengthens our relationships based on trust and positively affects our financial relationships. We believe that the early reservation campaign is an opportunity for changing the current negative situation in the tourism industry.

Statements From Our Exhibitors

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Growth in Number of Exhibitor

Why You Should Exhibit?

To prepare a platform for new cooperation agreements

To launch new products and services

To create B2B contacts with the hosted buyers from various countries

To showcase new travel trends and destinations

To create and strengthen brand awareness

To exchange information between national and international travel industry experts

To develop the customer satisfaction

Exhibitors’ Overviews

Of the exhibitors plan to exhibit again.

Of the exhibitors are satisfied with the business contacts they did during the fair.

Of the exhibitors were satisfied with the quality of visitors.

% 94

% 90

% 91,5

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Travel Agencies

Business Tourism

HotelsTourism Boards

Tourism Transportation

% 10Health Tourism

% 2

% 6

% 19 % 26

% 5% 3

% 22% 7Tourism Technology

Tourism Press

Hotel Equipments

38.587 Visitors

77Countries

81 Provinces of Turkey

Number of Visitors by Year

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Growth in Number of

Visitors

To meet and make business contacts with the leading travel and tourism providers from around the world at a single venue

To compare the quality of all specialized products and services directly

To secure product / service distribution agreements

To discover all the latest trends, business opportunities and detailed information about tourism industry

To attend congresses,seminars and parallel events about the future of the industry

To observe the competitive environment

Why You Should Visit?

Visiting Countries

Albenia, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brasil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chad, China, Colombia, Congo, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya ,Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mali, Moldova, Morocco, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, Syria, TRNC, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

Visitors’ Overviews

Of the visitors are considering a visit in Travel Turkey İzmir 2017

Of the visitors were highly satisfied with the fair

Of the visitors are satisfied with the quality of exhibitors

% 93

% 91

% 91,7

Hosted Buyers With the Hosted Buyer Programme, the exhibitors of Travel Turkey İzmir has once more had the opportunity to meet buyers and sector professionals from all around the world.

Within the special part for Medical Tourism in Travel Turkey izmir 2016, the hosted buyers from that sector also had the chance to meet with the medical institutions from all around Turkey and were informed about wide range of treatment opportunities and facilities.

At the end of 11 months, when the hosted buyer applications were completed; a list of hosted buyers were formed due to the demands of the exhibitors and both parties had the b2b meetings during the the exhibition.

Those meetings were set and scheduled via an online platform before the exhibition in order to maximize the time efficiency. According to the rendezvous; exhibitors were visited by the hosted buyers at their stands and 1.200m² Hosted Buyer Lounge was also available with all the BTA’s complimentary services to create the best opportunities for new business contacts.

With an increase in their numbers each year thanks to Turkish Airlines, the Hosted Buyers had also visited Denizli, Pamukkale, Ephesus and House of Virgin Mary in order to experience and get familiar with the region’s tourism.

52Countries

179 Hosted Buyers

1200m² Hosted Buyer Lounge

Hosted Buyers’ TestimonialsRajendra DhummaClassis Travel and Tour / IndiaIt is my first visit to Travel Turkey İzmir and Turkey. İzmir is a good destination for tourism and also for the Indian Market. We have signed a lot of contracts to send Turkey tourists and patients during the show.

Dinah CarvalhoKangaroo Tours / BrazilI have never attended to any trade show in Turkey before, Travel Turkey İzmir is my first fair. It has been quite interesting which I was able to find different products. We are going to develop products and package tours to offer to this market.

Dr. Kokua Hefoume AmeganGhanaIt is very well organised show. I did not know much about Turkey and İzmir until i came to Travel Turkey İzmir. During the B2B meeting, we realized opportunities in Turkey. When i go back to Ghana, I will promote Turkey and İzmir.

Marketing & Promotion

THIS FAIR IS ORGANIZED WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE UNION OF CHAMBERS AND COMMODITY EXCHANGES OF TURKEY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW NUMBER 5174

- TÜRSAB Pn: +90 212 356 17 09 Fax: +90 212 356 17 72 www.tursab.org.tr esra.tolgay@tursab.org.tr sevinc.divrikli@tursab.org.tr

- İZFAŞ Pn: +90 232 494 12 34 - 497 11 06 Fax: +90 232 497 12 32www.izfas.com.tr muratcan.erken@izmirfair.com sukran.pinar@izmirfair.com.tr

Muratcan ERKEN / Şükran SAMANCI PINAR Esra Tolgay / Sevinç Divrikli

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