At the TTI \u0130zmir Tourism Fair, the stand of Mu\u011fla Metropolitan Municipality was visited by Nezir Pivi\u0107, Prime Minister of the Government of Doboj Canton of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Samir Sibonji\u0107, Minister of Economy; Jasmin \u010caji\u0107, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Affairs; D\u017eenana \u0106i\u0161ija, Minister of Finance; Fikri Atao\u011flu, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Environment of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus; Bauyrzhan Akatayev, Consul General of the Republic of Kazakhstan in \u0130zmir; Besim Dutlulu, Mayor of Manisa Metropolitan Municipality; Firuz Ba\u011fl\u0131kaya, President of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (T\u00dcRSAB); and Mehmet \u0130\u015fler, Chair of the Ethics Board of the Turkish Hoteliers Federation (T\u00dcROFED).<\/p>\n
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Mayor Aras: \u201cWe Are Preparing Mu\u011fla\u2019s Long-Term Roadmap for Tourism\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Ahmet Aras, President of the Coastal Aegean Municipalities Union and Mayor of Mu\u011fla Metropolitan Municipality, began his remarks in the session by highlighting the role and significance of local governments in tourism. Mayor Aras stated: \u201cLocal governments and municipalities have a major mission regarding the city\u2019s infrastructure, traffic, landscaping, aesthetics, order, and overall organization. These responsibilities demonstrate the importance of local governments in tourism. Municipalities, together with the representatives of the central government in the provinces \u2014 the governor\u2019s offices, district governorships, the tourism bureaucracy, professional chambers, chambers of commerce, industry and tradesmen, NGOs, and hotelier associations \u2014 must act in unison. The key to success lies in this unity. I would like to give a concrete example of this. Immediately after taking office following the elections in Mu\u011fla, we established the Tourism Strategy Development Platform with all stakeholders. Under the leadership of our municipality, the academic community, university, sector representatives, and the central government came together. We must develop a shared strategy. Every institution is trying to do something, but first we wanted to put forward a strategic tourism plan for Mu\u011fla, and then manage the process accordingly. Together with the Tourism Faculty of our university and other stakeholders, we have begun preparations for the strategic plan. We are preparing our long-term roadmap.\u201d<\/p>\n \u00a0\u201cWe Have Every Possible Instrument, and It Is Up to Us to Come Together\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cWe possess an extraordinary wealth. The Aegean basin \u2014 \u0130zmir, Denizli, Ayd\u0131n, Bal\u0131kesir, Manisa, and Mu\u011fla \u2014 all have important instruments for tourism. Someone visiting the Aegean should not leave Denizli without seeing Hierapolis and Pamukkale, and someone coming to Mu\u011fla should not leave without seeing Stratonikeia and that historical route. We are home to the Carian, Lycian, and Ionian civilizations. By creating cultural routes and day-trip excursions, these cities can be brought together. The Aegean and Mediterranean regions are among the world\u2019s most important historical and cultural centers in tourism. We have every possible instrument in our hands, and it is up to us to come together,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ahmet Aras, President of the Coastal Aegean Municipalities Union and Mayor of Mu\u011fla Metropolitan Municipality, participated in the 19th International Tourism Trade Fair and Congress as a speaker. In his address at the congress, Mayor Aras reiterated his call for unity among all…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1616,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/worldcitymugla.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/izmir2.jpg\")
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