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Aksaray, situated in the very middle of Turkey, would promoteitself with its thermal facilities. Work has been continuingfor the construction of a five-star and 344 bed-capacitythermal facility in Aksaray’s Güzelyurt province, famous forits underground cities, historical treasures and churches.Aksaray’s Culture and Tourism Director Hamza Zengin saidthat the number of tourists visiting Aksaray for faith tourism wasgradually on the increase. He noted that 77,600 foreign anddomestic tourists had visited the city in 2005. “This figure reached121,400 tourists last year, a near 60 percent increase.One of the core important reasons behind for this has been thepromotional success achieved by the of facilities in the town.”According to Zengin, tourists are particularly attracted byAksaray’s Ihlara Valley, Güzelyurt district, and the tombsof Somuncu Baba and Yunus Emre. These are places,which are historical symbols of both Islam and Christianity.Zengin says the city’s tourism potential should be evaluated andthat work has been continuing for the construction of thermal facilities.The five-star thermal facility will to be constructed in Sofularprovince. “Construction of the complex will start as soon as possible.Our goal is to have a say in thermal as well as faith tourism.”Zengin believes that the Hasandagi mountain resort has significantpotential for winter tourism. “We have eight accommodationprojects in Hasandagi but just one facility with a 125-bedcapacity has been constructed to date. We have a capacityfor 1,235 beds. We are waiting for investors to take advantageof this significant opportunity and have eased everythingfor this to happen. We have allocated the land for investmentand provide all required support to infrastructure work.”Aksaray is carrying out various projects to promote theprovince. “Among these projects two documentary CDshave been prepared and 20,000 brochures have beenprinted in Turkish and English to be sent to travel agenciesin Turkey and abroad. There is also a book titled ‘ResimlerleAksaray’ (Aksaray in Pictures),” concluded Zengin.Turkey signed a protocol last week with Austria to benefitfrom the latter’s experience in winter olympic ga-Turkey and Austria are also set to sign a memoranenthe two countries in winter and thermal tourism.mes for the World University Winter Games 2011. dum of understanding on the issue later in June.The protocol is designed to boost cooperation betwe-Türkiz Hotel Thalasso Center has announced a new therapyand massage package “Sweet Life”.”Sweet Life”package includes chocolate and sessame oil,and coconut oil.Türkiz Hotel Thalasso Centre is located on the TurkishRiviera approximately 55 km from Antalya InternationalAirport and 45 km from Antalya City Centre. A luxury5 star hotel is situated in the center of Kemer near theYacth Club. 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