East Mediterranean International Tourism & Travel Exhibition

He majored in Journalism at Istanbul University; and in Tour Guiding at Kocaeli University.
In 1999, he worked as a tour guide in several firms such as Asya Tur, JollyTur, Hey Travel, and he became the Director of Cultural Tours in Asya Tur later on.

He has been serving as the Director of Cultural Tours since 2008. As of the end of the year 2019, he has been working as the Director of Domestic Tours at JollyTur.

He provides consultancy for development agencies in various parts of Anatolia, and serves as a destination consultant for European Union.
He formed many different work committees to create various destinations in collaboration with local administrations.

He also provides consultancy for companies which work locally to ensure tourism is developed further in various parts of Turkey voluntarily.

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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

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

Time and date

Saturday 01/02/2020

From 15:15 To 16:30