EMITT has Started in Büyükçekmece for the 25th Time

East Mediterranean International Tourism & Travel Exhibition (EMITT) has started for the 25th time with a ceremony in Büyükçekmece TÜYAP Fair and Convention Center.

In the opening ceremony which was held in the TÜYAP Palas Hotel, opening ribbon was cut after the speeches of Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Governor of Istanbul Ali Yerlikaya, Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu and representatives of tourism sector.

Stands has Visited

There had been a break for 2 years to the EMITT fair, which is one of the biggest five tourism fairs because of the pandemic.

Mayor of Büyükçekmece, Dr. Hasan Akgün, who joined to the EMITT Fair which is the international meeting point of the tourism sector, visited the stands of local governments and tourism companies participating in the fair with the Mayor of Istanbul Ekrem İmamoğlu.

“Enriches our Culture and Tourism Life”

By stating how exciting to host thousands of local and international visitors in the fair, Mayor of Büyükçekmece, Dr. Hasan Akgün expressed that “EMITT Tourism Fair enriches our culture and tourism life with participants from all over the World and our country. The fair is the significant opportunity for the advertisement of Turkey and Istanbul. Besides, I mind the meeting of municipalities who participates from all over our country in an umbrella. The fair is important in terms of seeing the current developments in tourism and local governments and discuss about it. We will find an opportunity to host local and international visitors in our municipality’s stand to inform them about our projects and the works that we carry out.”