Cappadocia

Around 111,000 people have visited Uçhisar Castle, considered the world's tallest natural skyscraper located at the summit of Cappadocia, in the first half of the year, the local municipality has announced.

According to the information obtained from Uçhisar Municipality, approximately 111,000 local and foreign tourists visited Uçhisar Castle in the January-June period.

In the first two days of the nine-day-long Eid al-Adha holiday, more than 35,000 tourists have visited the Cappadocia region, bringing the occupancy rate of hotels to 100 percent.

The number of South Korean tourists visiting Türkiye's famous Cappadocia has been on the rise again after arrivals from this country slumped in the wake of COVID-19.

This year, some 250,000 South Korean tourists are expected to visit Cappadocia, which is on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list.

However, arrivals from other Far Eastern countries are yet to bounce back.

The history of the Cappadocia region, which is on the UNESCO Cultural Heritage list and is one of the important tourist spots of the country, has been reflected on the fairy chimneys with 3D Mapping technology.

The landscaping works and the construction of walking paths that have been continuing in Soğanlı Valley, known as the gateway to Cappadocia, will be finished soon.

Thanks to the recent works, the number of tourists in the valley has increased as they have the opportunity to view the historic structure from the air with the hot air balloons operated every day.

Following the completion of meticulous restoration works conducted by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the 174-year-old Virgin Mary Church in the Central Anatolian province of Nevşehir has been opened to visitors.

The historic Orthodox church, built in 1849, was used as a house of worship for Orthodox Greeks in the region until 1924 and served as a prison between 1950 and 1983.

The U.S. television channel FX has produced a TV series for the first time in Türkiye, starring Golden Globe-winning U.S. actress Elisabeth Moss as veteran Turkish actor Haluk Bilginer will also be seen in the series.

Following Jan. 28's heavy snowfall in the central Anatolian province of Kayseri, home to one of Türkiye's leading ski resorts, thousands of local and foreign tourists have flocked to Erciyes district.

The snow thickness reached up to 60 centimeters, while thousands wishing to ski got to Erciyes in no time flat.

Tourists formed long queues to get on a cable car.

Schools in Türkiye will start a two-week half-year term break on Jan. 20, with students and families eagerly awaiting the chance for travel and tourism professionals expecting a good inflow of tourists this year.

Cultural tours, thermal facilities and Turkish Cyprus are among the most popular routes for holidaymakers at a time when ski resorts lack snow globally.

Two Spanish tourists died while three others got injured on Oct. 18 as the hot air balloon they boarded in the Cappadocia region made a bumpy landing amid strong winds, the governor's office has informed.