Yachting Intelligence

Hurriyet - Antalya, the popular holiday destination on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, is on its way to becoming a center of yacht-building industry, as the number of boats exported from the province is steadily increasing.

Seven luxurious yachts built in the shipyards of Antalya were handed over to their owners in the first five months of this year.

The Antalya Free Zone Operator’s (ASBAS) Director General Zeki Gurses said, “As the effects of the crisis wane, orders for luxury yachts are picking up again. Antalya has exported luxury yachts worth USD 269 million in the past decade.” Read the rest of this entry »

Italian yachters, known worldwide as experts in yacht production, have come to the southern tourism city of Antalya to observe the Turkish yacht sector and to hold bilateral talks with Turkish businesspeople.

A 30-strong delegation came to Antalya to hold the bilateral talks with the cooperation of the Italian Trade Center, the Antalya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, or ACCI, and the Antalya branch office of the Turkish Chamber of Shipping, or DTO. Read the rest of this entry »