In line with the directives of our Union President Zeydan KARALAR, we continue our project work at national and international levels without slowing down with the vision of making Adana a brand city in tourism.

The first meeting was held online within the scope of the project titled “SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AND CITTASLOW POTENTIAL ANALYSIS IN ADANA RURAL AREA” prepared by Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Union and the contract of which was signed within the scope of Çukurova Development Agency 2024 Technical Support Program.

In the meeting attended by ATGAB and ÇKA representatives as well as representatives from 9 rural districts of Adana (Aladağ, Feke, İmamoğlu, Karaisalı, Karataş, Pozantı, Saimbeyli, Tufanbeyli and Yumurtalık), the project advisor Ankara University Faculty Member Prof. Dr. Can Umut ÇİNER provided information about the criteria for participation in the Cittaslow network. Field studies and training activities will be detailed in the next meeting.

The basic philosophy of Cittaslow is to support local development and the concept of being a slow city in many areas from tourism to urban planning, from environmental sustainability to social harmony. Slow tourism, which is gaining importance day by day, is an alternative tourism choice as opposed to mass tourism. Slow tourism, unlike mainstream tourism, is a part of the sustainable tourism family and emphasizes the tourist’s greater personal awareness. In this respect, Adana rural districts have significant potential.

In line with the directives of our Union President Zeydan KARALAR, we continue our project work in the national and international arena without slowing down with the vision of making Adana a brand city in tourism.

The kick-off meetings for the “In Tech Growth (ITG)” project, which is a partner of ATGAB-Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Union and supported within the scope of the European Union Erasmus+ program, were held in Krakow, Poland, in a hybrid format on February 25-26 under the leadership of the host institution Heket Foundation.

The ITG project, which was developed in partnership with 9 youth worker institutions from 7 different countries and aims to develop capacity for 60 young people in technology-based entrepreneurship, will be supported by the European Union between 2025-2026 within the scope of the Erasmus+ program.

Our Union will continue to support the new generation entrepreneurs who will breathe life into Adana and the country’s tourism.

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”TOURISM CITY ADANA” IDEA AND PROJECT COMPETITION RESULTS ANNOUNCED

In line with the directives of our Union President Zeydan KARALAR, the “Tourism City Adana Idea and Project Competition” organized by Adana Tourism Union with the vision of making Adana a brand city in tourism, in cooperation with Adana Metropolitan Municipality, Adana Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism, Çukurova University and Çukurova Development Agency, ended with an award ceremony on December 20, 2024 at Seyhan Municipality Yaşar Kemal Culture Center.

87 project applications were submitted to the competition. 48 projects were entitled to receive genuine online project management cycle training by the pre-evaluation board. 13 finalists who prepared their presentations according to the project template after the training were entitled to participate in the project exhibition.

Following the project exhibition that started with project presentations, certificates of appreciation were presented to all competitors and jury members. After the evaluation, the project owners who ranked in the top 5 were determined by the competition jury. The winners and their projects:
1. Dilek ALASIRT (30,000 TRY): Discovery Adana Application
2. Cem AKAN (20,000 TRY): Adana Augmented Reality from Past to Future
3. İlknur ALASIRT (10,000 TRY): Flora and Fauna Tourism Network
4. Hasan Berkay ASLAN (5,000 TRY): YenidenMagarsus (Experimental Gastronomy)
5. Sabiha Ezgi DAVULCU (5,000 TRY): Rural Development with Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Citrus Oil Production

After the competition, the winners were presented with their prize checks.

In his closing speech, the Vice President of the Union Bayram ŞİRİN said: “First of all, I would like to thank everyone who worked hard in the preparation and our entrepreneurs who participated in our competition with their idea projects. This is a new and important competition for Adana. I congratulate our competitors who won, I was happy that they were all young. It was also nice that the number of female finalists was higher than the number of male finalists. I consider it an important step to make Adana one of Turkey’s leading tourism centers. I believe that we will further strengthen our city’s tourism potential with efforts such as the Tourism City Adana competition. ” he said.

The program ended with a group photo after the award ceremony.

*In the IPARD III (2021-2027) Program, 81 cities, including Adana, were included in the scope of support for the first time. Within the scope of the “M7 – Diversification of Farm Activities and Business Development” measure, which is one of the current calls for this period, projects in 7 different sectors, including “Rural Tourism and Recreation Activities”, will be supported by 60-70% with a total budget of € 80,000,000.

Applicants; Farmers or members of farm households, producer organizations, real and legal persons.

Online application form for participation in the free information seminar to be held on Thursday, 22.08.2024 at 13:30 in the Adana Metropolitan Municipality Council Hall under the leadership of the Adana Tourism Union in order to support entrepreneurs with business ideas in the field of rural development in our city and to provide more investment support to Adana countryside:

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*Within the scope of the current call published under the title of “M7 – Diversification of Farm Activities and Business Development”, project grant applications regarding support for construction work, machinery-equipment, service and visibility purchases in the following sectors will be accepted;

302-1 – Diversification of Plant Production and Processing and Packaging of Plant Products
302-2 – Beekeeping and Production, Processing and Packaging of Bee Products
302-3 – Craftsmanship and Local Product Enterprises
302-4 – Rural Tourism and Recreation Activities
302-5 – Aquaculture
302-6 – Machinery Parks
302-7 – Renewable Energy Investments

*IPARD; is the Rural Development component of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) established by the European Union (EU) to support candidate and potential candidate countries. It is coordinated by the Agriculture and Rural Development Support Institution (TKDK), the relevant institution of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

 

In line with the instructions of Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and Adana Tourism Union President Zeydan KARALAR, in order for Adana to reach the point it deserves in tourism, our Union Manager Selçuk MAMAK made his first working visit with Çukurova Development Agency Secretary General A. Rifat DURAN. They exchanged views on the projects we will carry out in our region for the development of tourism.

Secretary General A. Rifat DURAN said; “We are ready to provide all the support we can as ÇKA for the development of tourism potential in our region.”

We thank our esteemed general secretary for his hospitality.

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Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Union new term first board meeting; Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and Adana Tourism Union President Zeydan KARARLAR and board members; C. Tayyar Zaimoğlu, Nadir VURANKAYA, Vedat ÖZDER, Hasan BURAK and our Union Manager Selçuk MAMAK attended at the Union head office.

We hope that the decisions taken in the meeting will be beneficial to Adana tourism in the new term.

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Successful bureaucrat Selçuk MAMAK, who served as the Director of Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Union (ATGAB) between 2009 and 2019, and later worked at the Environmental Protection Department of Adana Metropolitan Municipality, was written by Zeydan KARALAR, Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor and Adana Tourism Association President. He was appointed as the Union Manager of the Tourism Union.

Selçuk Mamak said that “We will work with all our strength, with the support of our Union president Zeydan KARARLAR, to get more shares from the sector by branding in tourism and to bring Adana to the place it deserves in tourism.”
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ZEYDAN KARALAR ERA HAS STARTED IN ADANA TOURISM UNION

After the Local Government elections on March 31, 2024, the first council meeting of the Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Union (ATGAB) was held on 10.06.2024 at the Adana Metropolitan Municipality Council Hall, with the participation of the Union Council members.

At the session, Adana Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Zeydan KARALAR was elected as Adana Tourism Union President.

ATGAB President KARALAR stated that Adana is one of the rare cities in the world that combines 6-7 features in terms of tourism and continued his words with the following expressions;

“The number of tourists in the world will increase to around 1 billion 800 million by 2030. As it is said, if every tourist left a thousand liras, the value of the total tourism pie in the world would be 1.8 trillion dollars. It is a negative situation that Turkey does not attach importance to such a great economic value and does not benefit from it sufficiently. I hope it won’t be like this from now on.

I don’t know if there is a more suitable city for rural tourism than Adana. It has one of the three most important plains in the world. They ask me, “Is there a sea in Adana?” Adana has long beaches. There is very healthy sand on these beaches. These are the beaches that Northern Europe is extremely interested in.

After the Black Sea and Marmara fish, the most delicious fish in the world come from the Mediterranean, on which we are located. We are rich in gastronomy. When you think of Adana, kebab comes to mind, but we have nearly 600 extraordinary flavors. We have the Orange Blossom Carnival. It makes a significant contribution to the promotion of Adana in Turkey and the world. We have the Taste Festival, Turnip and Kebab Festival.

In addition to these, there is also a date. It has a rich history of 8-10 thousand years. “We will continue to work devotedly with our union members to ensure that a city with so many features becomes a brand in tourism and gets the share it deserves from tourism.”

Thanking the ATGAB council members for their kindness, Zeydan KARALAR completed his speech by wishing that the new era would be beneficial for our Adana.

“Karataş Ethnotourism Rural Accommodation Center Investment and Operation Feasibility”, supported within the scope of the 2023 Feasibility Support program carried out by Çukurova Development Agency under the coordination of the General Directorate of Development Agencies of the Ministry of Industry and Technology and carried out in partnership with Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Association (ATGAB), Karataş Municipality and YAP Association. Within the scope of the project named “(KARATAŞ ETNOBA)”, the necessary research and analyzes have been completed.

ATGAB Union President Necip Topuz told the press; “Within the scope of feasibility studies, economic, technical, financial, social and environmental analyzes were carried out in the light of field studies and concrete data, taking into account the needs and problems of the region. Investment and business evaluations were made taking into account the priorities, targets, strategies and measures in regional and national plans and programs.

When the analysis results regarding the feasibility of the project are evaluated, the outputs obtained show that the project is commercially and economically feasible.

I would like to thank everyone who provided support for the preparation of the feasibility study and wish our Karataş Ethnoba project to be beneficial for both our Karataş and Adana.

Finally, I call on all investors in the sector to evaluate the project.” said.

Within the scope of Çukurova Development Agency (ÇKA) 2023 Feasibility Support Program; The project application named “Karataş Ethnotourism Rural Accommodation Center Investment and Operation Feasibility”, prepared under the leadership of Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Association (ATGAB) and in partnership with Karataş Municipality and Innovative Breakthrough Projects (YAP) Association, was found worthy of support.

The support contract for the project was signed between ÇKA Secretary General Ahmet Rıfat Duran and ATGAB Union President and Karataş Mayor Necip Topuz. Sharing his opinions about the project, Adana Tourism Development and Infrastructure Service Association (ATGAB) President and Karataş Mayor Necip Topuz said:
“Karataş Ethnoba project, in short, is about carrying out the feasibility study required for the establishment and operation of an ethnotourism center with components that will reflect the cultural values of ancient Turkish traditions and customs to daily life in a suitable area to be determined within the borders of Kumluk nature park in Karataş District. Our project aims to develop the tourism potential of the Karataş destination through ethnotourism that combines cultural and environmental values and to increase the income of the region from tourism.

The facility planned to be established with the Karataş Etnoba project and where nature-friendly materials will be preferred; It consists of rich components such as single and double accommodation tents in the Kayı camp style, workshop tents for cultural hobbies such as marbling, event tents for mass organizations such as conferences and cinevision, an adventure track for ethnosports such as horseback riding and archery, as well as extreme sports such as climbing, and a caravan area. .

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