Founded in 1988, the Turkish Tourism Investors Association (TTYD), as the voluntary representative organization of the tourism sector, represents the Turkish tourism sector on a national and global scale, and aims to carry Turkish tourism to a leading position in the world by ensuring the development of the sector in line with sustainable development goals on both investment and business basis and the interaction of the sector on a global scale with its members consisting of all tourism components of the sector.
TTYD develops policies, position papers, medium-long term transformation strategies and develops unique and competent projects in effective communication and interaction with all sector stakeholders by utilizing the technical know-how of its professional staff, academic collaborations and member organizations in order to create a branded and financially strong tourism sector that has achieved digital transformation with its members who have invested 60 billion dollars in the tourism sector and provided employment for 130 million people.
Mr. Yılmaz Türkeri, former Vice President of the Turkish Tourism Investors Association and one of the doyens of the sector, passed away on February 20, 2021, and Mr. Erkunt Öner, our Vice President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tura Tourism, passed away on June 3, 2021. I would like to express my deepest sympathy, gratitude and appreciation to our esteemed elders who are valuable to all of us.
