"İzmir's third tourism fair a triumph
Friday, February 23, 2007
The İzmir Province's culture and tourism body took home the award for "best stand" for a third consecutive year in Turkey's largest international tourism fair. İzmir Province Culture and Tourism Director Metin Atsal said 2,000 tourism professionals took part in Eastern Mediterranean International Tourism and Travel Fair (EMITT), which ran Feb. 15-18 in Istanbul. He described the Aegean city as �the pearl of Turkey,� also calling it Turkey's window to the West."
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