Celebrity visits expand Turkey’s promotion abroad
Visits by some of the prominent global celebrities, having holidays in Istanbul and southern Turkey provinces such as Angelina Jolie, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and Cristiano Ronaldo, Roberto Cavalli have helped add to Turkey’s promotion abroad.
Levent Demirel, deputy head of the Directorate General for Promotion in the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, informed on Sunday at a meeting held in Southern Turkey.
Angelina Jolie ‘s Turkey Travel
Angelina Jolie ,the UN goodwill envoy, travelled to Turkey’s southern border with Syria on last June where she met some of the more than 9,600 refugees who have fled a bloody crackdown on Syrian anti-government protesters.
The prominent Hollywood couple Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael DouglasCatherine have been holidaying in Turkey, yachting on Blue Cruise, starting from beautiful Bodrum at Mediterranean, where they were spotted walking hands in hand in Bodrum’s cobblestone streets.
Famous designer Roberto Cavalli also spotted last month in Istanbul, enjoying wonderful Istanbul nights, by having dinner and dancing with belly dancers at a party in a exclusive restaurant.
Cristiano Ronaldo & Girlfriend : Turkey Holidays in a yacht
Cristiano Ronaldo and his girlfriend Irına Shayk also enjoyed their holiday in Turkey. The couple, guests of Besiktas Chairman Yıldırım Demiroren, had been in a yacht at a Blue Cruise in the southern coastal area of Turkey, after having stayed in a newly opened Kempinski Hotel in Bodrum.
Turkey tourism boom makes Turkey popular travel destination
Every year Turkey welcomes more yourists than the previous year. Turkey’s popularity as a tourism destination soared in the first five months of year, data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism show. The number of foreign visitors to the country between January and May 2011 has reached 9 million with a 15 percent increase over the last year.
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