With nearly 30 million visitors EMITT Fair, which plays
an important role in the promotion of Turkey, took the 5th place in the tourism
fairs list in 2012. East Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Fair
EMITT was created by Ekin Fuar in 90’s, which is considered to be the infancy
period of the Turkish tourism, and has started a new era in tourism fairs.
EMITT Fair, which got the finger on the pulse of tourism
in Turkey since 1997, has managed, in a brief period of time, to become one of
the renowned fairs in the world. Today being in the 5th largest fair in the
world, EMITT kept the pace with Turkey’s growth in tourism and proved its
strength by becoming one of the most prominent fairs in its target area
consisting of Mediterranean, Middle East, South East Europe and Asia.
EMITT fair also catapulted Turkey as the sixth most
visited country in the world in 2012. The Director of Ekin Fuar, Hacer Aydın
states that the number of foreign tourist visiting Turkey was 9.586.000 and the
amount of revenues generated $9.161.000.000; and as of 2011 the number of
tourist visiting Turkey had reached to 29.343.000 and the revenues to $23
billion, and stresses the important role of EMITT, who for 17 years brought the
professionals of tourism sector to Turkey and held many grand fairs, in this
success.
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