When something happens for the 11th time in a row, you can be sure, it has been not only beneficial for its attendees, but, successful in meeting its targets. Something, that TÜRSAB (Association of Turkish Travel Agencies) and IZFAS, have managed to do with TRAVEL TURKEY Izmir; one of the leading tourism shows and congresses in Turkey.

From December 7th to December 121th 2017, Travel Turkey Izmir will be held again at the Fuar Izmir in Istanbul, which is the most modern exhibition centre in Turkey, up to this date.

The last edition in 2016, hosted over 1.170 exhibitors from 38 countries and was visited by 38.587 tourism professionals from 77 countries, including 179 international buyers and 518 national buyers; resulting in a total of 7.160 B2B-meetings. The hosted buyers also attended a post-show tour where they visited Denizli, Pamukkale, Ephesus and the House of Virgin Mary, to discover the regions tourism hotspots.

EVINTRA is happy to have now become a media partner of the show for 2017. Not only, will they guide a group of hosted buyers from their network to the show, but will also be exhibiting. CEO of EVINTRA, Andreas Thölken, will be attending the show himself. "We are delighted for the opportunity to expand our network in the region and support another great exhibition." he says.

Travel Turkey İzmir runs a Hosted Buyer Programme in partnership with, the Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Turkey and Turkish Airlines. Inviting to host senior-level travel industry buyers and offering them a nourished ground to develop new businesses with the exhibitors, build quality networks and discover the Turkish tourism market.

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