A Total Of 50,000 Tourists Visits Antalya By Luxury Passenger Ships

ANTALYA, Jan 8 (A.A) - A total of 50,000 tourists visited Antalya port by luxury passenger ships in 2001.
Middle East Port Services Inc. Director General Gunduz Yalman told the A.A correspondent on Tuesday that Turkish tourism had a very successful period last year.
Pointing out that the tourism activities by luxury passenger ships slowed down following the September 11 attacks in the United States (U.S.), Yalman said, ''we expect that over 40,000 tourists will visit Antalya port by luxury passenger ships in 2002 despite all the negativities. Our works on this matter are continuing.''
Yalman stated that the ports should be promoted firstly for the development of the cruise tourism in Turkey and said, ''we should meet the biggest cruise tourism companies of the world and should make agreements with these companies. Port services and our country should be promoted.''
Yalman noted that 35,900 tourists had visited Antalya port in 2000 and 50,834 tourists travelled Antalya in 2001 and added that most of the tourists came from Italy, Germany, Britain and the U.S.