PATA Adventure Travel and Responsible Tourism Conference and Mart 2012 (AT&RTCM2012) is a four-day event that brings together people involved in adventure travel and responsible tourism to discuss creating new opportunities for promoting environmental protection and social sustainability within the industry. The PATA AT&RTCM 2012 will be held in the historic town of Paro in [...]
SHANGHAI, China – China Wedding Expo, the largest and most professional wedding photography accessories and equipment exhibition in China and the world, celebrates its tenth anniversary in 2012 as it becomes the authoritative trendsetter for China’s wedding photography industry and the platform for information exchange, trade and procurement. The 21st China Wedding Expo formally moves [...]
ANKARA – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that France was forcing the door of a very dangerous process by trying to write history at parliament. Turkey is expecting French people to raise their voices against this, added Erdogan who addressed nation on Monday. Commenting on French Senate’s adopting a bill which criminalizes the [...]
ISTANBUL – The number of Arab tourists visiting Turkey’s Istanbul city increased 30 percent to 910,360 in 2011 when compared to 2010. Istanbul Culture & Tourism Directorate told AA on Tuesday that Istanbul hosted 6.4 million tourists in 2007, 7 million tourists in 2008, 7.5 million in 2009, 6.9 million in 2010, and 8 million [...]
ANKARA – Turkey earned 134.9 billion USD from exports, while its imports reached 240.8 billion USD in 2011. Turkey’s statistics authority, TurkStat, made public temporary foreign trade figures in December 2011 and throughout 2011. Accordingly, Turkey’s exports were up 18.5 percent year-on-year in 2011 and reached 134.9 billion USD. Imports climbed to 240.8 billion USD [...]
Conflict is a big part of our lives, whether we like it or not. We naturally dislike conflict because it creates stress, saps energy, and ruins our tranquility. Yet we deal with conflict in our personal lives all the time. “Oh, I dread the local softball fundraiser this Saturday. It’s all fun until Mr. Horoz [...]
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of State has launched a Turkish-language Twitter account @ABDTurk, joining its 10 official feeds in Arabic, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu. The Department said in a statement that those social media accounts served as a conduit for the U.S. Department of State to inform and [...]
ANKARA – Turkey condemned French Senate’s adopting a bill which criminalizes the denial of Armenian allegations about 1915 incidents during Ottoman period. Releasing a written statement late on Monday, Turkish Foreign Ministry said, “we strongly condemn this decision, which is problematic in every aspect and constitutes an example of irresponsibility, and declare that we will [...]
