Mustafa Özkaya has been appointed because the Director, UK & Eire, of the Turkish Tourism Board with instant impact.
Mr Özkaya might be based mostly on the Turkish Workplace of Tradition and Data in London, and might be answerable for main all tourism promotional actions for Türkiye within the UK and Eire.
His function consists of overseeing journey business engagement, advertising and marketing and communications, media shopping for and governmental liaison.
Earlier than becoming a member of the Ministry of Tourism, Mr Özkaya was at Al Jazeera, the place he was Director of the Program Division, and at Anadolu – the main Turkish information company, the place he was Deputy Director Common.
Mustafa Özkaya mentioned: “The UK and Eire is a market of huge strategic significance to Türkiye, with customer numbers rising quickly yearly.
“Our journey business companions are an integral a part of this success story, creating flight and vacation programmes from factors throughout the UK and Eire; partaking and supporting them might be an early precedence for me.”
Later this month, Türkiye hosts ABTA’s annual Journey Conference, in Bodrum from 30th October – 2nd November.
2023 is a landmark 12 months for Türkiye because the nation celebrates the one centesimal anniversary of basis of the Republic.
As well as, the primary section of Türkiye’s sustainability programme with the World Sustainable Tourism Council has change into operational this 12 months, with over 6,000 lodging services now receiving sustainability certificates.
This landmark programme is accelerating the nation’s world sustainability practices and restructuring the Turkish Tourism business with a complete three-year settlement.
Mustafa Özkaya holds a Doctorate in Worldwide Relations from Marmara College in Istanbul.
