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ISTANBUL IS FLYING TO ITS OWN RECORD
Istanbul, which was visited by a total of 17.4 million tourists in 2023, aims to host close to 20 million visitors in 2024. The number of foreign tourists coming to Istanbul in the first 5 months of the year reached 7 million.
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Turkey Medicals Co-ordinator, “European and American tourist interest is high in Istanbul, which has broken an all-time record with almost 7 million foreign tourists hosted in the first five months of the year. Istanbul Airport carries the most tourists to Istanbul, which is one of the most tourist-welcoming cities in the world with its historical and cultural values. in this way, the year 2024 for the average visitors and medical tourists is likely to move Istanbul to a new record.” was said.
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Istanbul hosted 6 million 923 thousand 768 foreign visitors in the first 5 months of 2024. Thanks to this, the number of foreign visitors to Istanbul increased by 10.31 percent compared to the same period last year. In May, 1 million 678 thousand 832 foreign tourists visited Istanbul with an increase of 11.48 percent compared to the same month last year.
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THE AMERICANS ARE COMING FAST
Americans, who are among the top 10 countries among foreign tourists visiting Istanbul, ranked third after Russian and German citizens. According to this, the number of Americans who came to Istanbul in the first five months of the year exceeded 300 thousand. Turkish Airlines, which has been increasing its flights to the USA rapidly for the last three years, has a high share in this visitor flow. THY, which has already launched flights to Denver in the United States, also flies directly to 14 destinations.
In May 2024, citizens of the Russian Federation accounted for the highest share of the total number of foreign visitors entering Istanbul with a share of 10.53 percent. The Russians were followed by Germany (8.35%), the United States (5.38%), Iran (5.04%), the United Kingdom (4.77%), France (3.94%), Saudi Arabia (3.40%), Italy (2.31%), Uzbekistan (2.26%), India (2.11%), respectively. 72.85 Percent of the foreigners who entered by airline used Istanbul Airport and 27.06 percent used Sabiha Gökçen Airport. The number of foreign visitors arriving to Istanbul by air in May also increased by 12.09 percent compared to the same month of 2023.
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IT SHOULD BE SPREAD TO ALL CITIES
President of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB), who stated that Istanbul is one of the few tourism destinations in the whole world, stated that the promotion and marketing efforts of travel agencies are also effective in increasing tourist interest. President said, ”We aim to spread tourism throughout the country and the year with our ‘Century of Tourism’ project, which we have implemented based on the vision of our President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ‘Century of Turkey’.”
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THE OCCUPANCY RATE WILL INCREASE
Turkish Hoteliers Association (TÜROB) President stated that occupancy expectations in accommodation facilities in June were 60-65 percent. In Istanbul, especially since the beginning of May, there has been a positive trend in terms of foreign visitors, President said, “The numbers in the markets of America, Germany, England, Italy are going up,” was said.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist Demirbaş who has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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