Turkish Tourism Wins Highly Acclaimed Award

Readers of the prestigious Conde Nast magazine have voted Turkey their favourite destination. The readers, which scored destinations on 10 criteria, scored Turkey highest for range of accommodation and value. The readers scores are collated and turned into a satisfaction percentage. For Turkey to win the award for the first time with a score of over 94% is truly a testament to how far Turkey has come. Needless to say this has made many people very happy.

"We are thrilled that Turkey has won this prestigious award, which is even more meaningful given that it is chosen by the readers themselves," said Irfan Onal, Director of the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office UK.

"This is the highlight in what has been a very successful year as the Turkish Culture and Tourism Office UK. Indeed, visitor numbers from the UK continue their spectacular rise, with year-on-year figures up 15.5% for the first 7 months of this year," he explained.

"Year on year enquiries for homes in Turkey have increased. We are seeing leisure purchasers set their eyes on some of the fabulous coastal resorts on the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea and we are also finding investors flooding into the market with a particular interest in Istanbul," said Julian Walker, director of Spot Blue.

Walker went onto explain why the rising tourism acclaim Turkey is gathering is also boosting foreign property investment in the country, he said:

"Turkey offers excellent value for money for both holiday makers and home owners. The cost of living is so low and in real estate you can get a lot for your money compared to other European destinations. Value for money was one of the voting criteria as well as climate, culture, variety of attractions, people / hospitality amongst others. We can certainly see why Turkey has won the prestigious Cond&eaccent; Nast Traveller award, it simply ticks all the boxes."

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