Turkish Riviera

From Faralya in Fethiye to Antalya, the Lycian Way never fails to astound the traveler. Boasting some of Turkey's most impressive scenery, the Lycian Way - a flagged trekking route that is the brainchild of English explorer Kate Clow -connects 23 cities from the Lycian civilization along southwest Anatolia's Mediterranean coast.

Nearly 1 million Turkish people went on holiday during a 10-day public holiday, which started late on Aug. 25 and ended on Sept. 3, creating more than 1 billion Turkish Liras ($292 million) of tourism revenue, according to tourism players. 

Hotel occupancy rates hit 100 percent in many tourism resorts. 

Turkey's two world famous tourism spots, the southern province of Antalya and the western province of Muğla, are like haven for holiday goers with their beaches and coves. 

Turkey is the most searched holiday destination on Yandex among Russian tourists, the search engine's commerce director, Maxim Grishakov, said at the World Tourism Forum on Dec. 10 in the southern resort of Antalya.

Turkish fruit and vegetable producers have staged a protest to demand the removal of obstacles to the export of tomatoes, organizing a funeral on Nov. 28 in the southern province of Antalya, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Around half a million Russian tourists visited Antalya after Russia lifted a ban on charter flights thanks to rapprochement between the two countries following a jet crisis last year, data compiled by Doğan News Agency has showed. 

One of Turkey's most popular tourist towns, the western province of Muğla's Bodrum can now be viewed all around the world through 24-hour live broadcasts from cameras placed in various spots. 

With the initiation of the Bodrum Hoteliers' Association (BODER), test broadcasts started two months ago on the Internet. 

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who is known for his love of golf, has challenged U.S. President Barack Obama to a round in the Mediterranean province of Antalya. 

Stating that many world leaders had played golf in Antalya's Belek, a resort town famous for not only its beaches but also its golf courses, Çavuşoğlu said Obama had not been able to play golf yet in Belek. 

Coast Guard teams in the southwestern Turkish district of Bodrum searched Colombian tourists on Oct. 26 after suspecting that a family in a tour boat might be refugees trying to cross the Aegean Sea, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Tourists on the boat spotted people who were swimming with life jackets near the boat, believing that they were migrants. 

An explosion has hit the carpark of the chamber of commerce and industry in the resort province of Antalya in Turkey, Hürriyet Daily News writes.

It is unclear what caused the explosion. Mayor of Antalya Menderes Turel has said it is premature to speak of a possible terrorist attack, according to CNN Türk.