Tourism VS Terrorism

 “Istanbul is beautiful, we are here for the next five days and we don’t intend to leave. I am here with my wife and we will enjoy out time here.”

After the massive attack in new year eve, a Russian tourist Efim Kogan said these to a news portal from europe called EuroNews.  Who was determined to proceed with his holiday in Istanbul this first week of 2017. I will come back to him again in the last of my blog.

It was not so far. As recently as 2015, Turkey ranked sixth position in the world in most popular tourist spot category. Just behind of Italy where the first place was France. By welcoming about 39.4 million tourists in a year Turkey gained that position.

Source: Wikipedia

So what ? Do you have any question ?

After getting this information I've also get curioused to know, What happened now ? What’s going to be look like this graph in 2017 ?

Here I’ve got the answer. According to travel intelligence firm ForwardKeys, the number of tourists entering Turkey via airports fell 21% in 2016. Even before the latest New Year attack in Istanbul, the number of visitors was expected to fall by another 22% in the first few months of 2017. The number of foreign arrivals to Turkey fell by 21.3 percent in November, from the same month in 2015, according to the Tourism Ministry.

Not only in Turkey but Hundreds of lives have been claimed over the past year in terrorist attacks taking place in cities across the globe—from a Paris theater to an Orlando, Florida, nightclub, from Brussels’ and to a bakery in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Source: Internet

In an age of terrorism proportionality may encourage more victims and in prolonging conflict does additional damage to that locale’s tourism industry. Terrorism is not an easy topic to place into a slot within a morality graphic. War, terrorism, tourism and morality are an even more difficult subject. Where do they overlap? Are tourists to be considered by getting these terrorism to be continued.

Let me get in my main point from here.

Yes I am writing this blog from inside of Turkey. Where last month I waked up in the morning with a sound of huge blast here in Kayseri. What left 14 commando married and another 36 injured.

Yes I am writing from a country where dogs huge blast get attention of international media. And more concern of many countries as their citizens has been killed in several blast of them.

Yes I am writing about 2016 when at least 23 terrorist attack got placed in Turkey. 5 of them targeted most popular city Istanbul another 4 hitted the capital of this country Ankara.

And Yes, I am going to invite you to visit Turkey again. After these all attack and so on. To see Istanbul, To drink the great tea in this winter here. To feel the real hospitality of local peoples and to feel it from your heart. It's unique and you have to see it.

And what ? Yes To fight TERRORISM with your ignorance. With you all hate what you feel for these terrorists who are here to stop your normal life with a fear of attack.

Here what influensed me to invite you.

Paula Daian, a Romanian tourist now living in Germany, said: 

“ I think the most important thing is that we keep living our lives the way we have been and the way we planned, that is the only logical response we can have to terrorism so that we can actually fight it in our day-to-day lives. ”

Source: www.euronews.com

Don't forget Efim Kogan from Russia. 

Be brave to FIGHT TERRORISM, Be brave to SEE THE WORLD.

So I am inviting you to my city Kayseri. The City  located at the foot of the extinct volcano Mount Erciyes that towers 3,916 metres (12,848 feet) over the city. The city is often cited in the first ranks among Turkey's cities that fit the definition of Anatolian Tigers.

Mount Erciyes of Kayseri in the winter.

The city is rich in historical monuments, dating especially from the Seljuk period. While it is generally visited en route to the international tourist attractions of Cappadocia, Kayseri has many visitor's attractions by its own right: Seljuk and Ottoman era monuments in and around the city center, Mount Erciyes as a trekking and alpinism center, Zamantı River as a rafting center, the historic sites of Kültepe, Ağırnas, Talas and Develi, to name a few.

Source: WikiPedia

Let's fight terrorism. Let's say no to terrorism. 
Let's Pray for Turkey Lets Pray for our World.