East Mediterranean International Tourism & Travel Exhibition

Ebru Kerimoglu is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). She holds an MSc degree in Urban Planning (ITU) and received her PhD in Urban Planning (ITU) with her thesis titled “Determination of Urban Tourism Strategies with respect to Tourism Demand in Istanbul”. In her post-doc study, as a post-doc fellow in Barcelona at AQR, she worked deeply on urban and regional economics with many dimensions, in particular creativity and creative economy. In her other post-doc study, as a visiting fellow in Cardiff at Cardiff Metropolitan University, she started work on local creative city networks. She has been continuing to work on the topic in various Turkish cities with different sizes and actors by different projects, both in research and implementation. She is an expert in tourism planning, creativity-based urban development strategies, policy tools, funding possibilities and models.

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Time and date	Venue	Topic	Speakers
Saturday 01/02/2020 From 15:15 To 16:30 02/01/2020 15:15 02/01/2020 16:30 Is it Possible to Transform Tourism with 'Göbeklitepe', The Ground Zero of History? Last year, one of the most emphasized subjects at our conference stage was that tourism should go local and the locals should be included in the tourism economy. It was concluded that the most important factor that will affect the brand value of the country as a whole is the fact that each region and destination has become a brand itself. This year at EMITT, we will shift the focus from “what” to do and discuss “how” to do it! Make sure not to miss out this case study in which we will create a viable business model/roadmap that includes how a region should be handled as a whole with its architecture, cuisine and cultural values and what steps should be taken to create a brand city with experts from different fields. Conference Stage, Hall 2	Conference Stage, Hall 2	"Is it Possible to Transform Tourism with 'Göbeklitepe', The Ground Zero of History?"	Aydan Volkan Aylin Yazıcıoğlu Ebru Kerimoğlu Elif Dağdeviren Kerem Gökçe Prof. Dr. Necmi Karul

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Saturday 01/02/2020

From 15:15 To 16:30

02/01/2020 15:15 02/01/2020 16:30 Is it Possible to Transform Tourism with 'Göbeklitepe', The Ground Zero of History? Last year, one of the most emphasized subjects at our conference stage was that tourism should go local and the locals should be included in the tourism economy. It was concluded that the most important factor that will affect the brand value of the country as a whole is the fact that each region and destination has become a brand itself.

This year at EMITT, we will shift the focus from “what” to do and discuss “how” to do it!

Make sure not to miss out this case study in which we will create a viable business model/roadmap that includes how a region should be handled as a whole with its architecture, cuisine and cultural values and what steps should be taken to create a brand city with experts from different fields.
Conference Stage, Hall 2

Conference Stage, Hall 2

"Is it Possible to Transform Tourism with 'Göbeklitepe', The Ground Zero of History?"

Aydan Volkan Aylin Yazıcıoğlu Ebru Kerimoğlu Elif Dağdeviren Kerem Gökçe Prof. Dr. Necmi Karul

Time and date

Saturday 01/02/2020

From 15:15 To 16:30