”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.
