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| Tourism in 2009 - Turkey & Kalkan |
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| Saturday, 14 November 2009 |
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For the same 8 month period, if you look at the statistics for Europe alone, the numbers travelling have reduced by 8.4%, whereas in Turkey the number of tourists has actually increased by 0.86%.  Turkey January to September 2009We now have figures up to September 2009 for Turkey, and these show an increase in numbers of 1.47%, compared to the equivalent 9 months in 2008. Almost 22 million people visited Turkey in this period. And guess which was the most popular region for tourists. Yes, you've guessed it - Antalya region, which accounted for 32.45% of visitors - over 7 million people. Istanbul is the next most popular destination with 25.69%, followed by Muğla region with 11.59%.  Kalkan in 2009Unfortunately, there are no statistics that we are aware of for Kalkan. (If you know there are, please tell us). So we have talked to local businesses, people who work in tourism and bank managers, to get a feel for how well Kalkan has done this year. When you talk to businessmen, they never like to admit they have done brilliantly, but the banks have a pretty shrewd idea of what's going on. Obviously, we only spoke to the banks in general terms, not about specific clients. The clear message we got was that this has been a good year for Kalkan, despite the global credit crunch, and the ensuing economic crisis. Our sources tell us that hotels, restaurants and shops have done well this season.  For information, (as this is not tourist related), farmers have not been doing particularly well. Yields have been generally good, but the prices they have been able to get for their crops have remained fairly stable, whilst their input prices have increased.As with every season in Kalkan, some businesses will call it a day; this is what happens where you have lots of competition, but most will be there again for the next season.  Why has Kalkan done so well? Well, we will all have our own ideas, and it has to be speculation, but given that Turkey as a whole has done well in comparison to Europe, one would have to say that the exchange rate of the Euro must be a factor.Kalkan always attracts a high proportion of repeat visitors, but from what we hear there have been quite a number of first timers this year. Given our comment about repeat visitors, this bodes well for next year. We guess that many of you reading this will already be thinking about booking for 2010. Some of you will no doubt already have booked! Share |
| Last Updated on Saturday, 14 November 2009 |
As the tourist season draws to a close, Kalkan Turkish Local News takes a look at how Kalkan, and Turkey have done this year, as far as tourism is concerned.