A
new project that comprises a theme park, an exhibition centre, and
shopping streets is expected to attract many tourists to Istanbul.
The
new project: VIALAND will be constructed with the support of Istanbul
Metropolitan Municipality and
by the joint venture of Gürsoy Grup & Via Properties in Eyüp,
Istanbul.
The
project, which will be built on 600-decare land, will be one of the
biggest regional park investments
in the history of Turkish Republic with a
total of 1 billion 150 million TL of cost.
According
to the feasibility works and site researches conducted, it is
estimated that VIALAND will provide 15 percent increase in the number
of domestic and international tourists coming to Istanbul and that
means approximately 3 million tourists will visit VIALAND.
Mehmet
Emeç, VIALAND General Manager, said that VIALAND could provide a
significant added value to Turkey’s tourism. Stating that VIALAND
has filled the deficiency of Istanbul in terms of theme parks among
the provinces of the world, Emeç said, “VIALAND will make Istanbul
one of the amusement capitals of the world. The foreigners and press
from many parts of the world who will visit Turkey are calling us and
request information and ask when they could visit VIALAND. We are
receiving phone calls from Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Caucasia,
the Balkans, and even China. Moreover, press from abroad are calling
us and ask for interviews.
This interest we receive from all the countries of the world is
strengthening our assertion. VIALAND is a first not only in Turkey
but also in the entire world. There is no big centre that can fill
the shoes of a theme park in Istanbul having accommodated 9,5 million
tourists in 2012, despite the hundreds of possibilities in terms of
history, culture, and entertainment. Hence, VIALAND bears a
substantial tourism potential. The studies we have conducted already
demonstrate that VIALAND will increase the number of the domestic and
foreign tourist who will visit Istanbul by 15 percent.”
Being
a park with the capability that will make the world's most popular
theme parks envious, VIALAND is banner-bearer of many theme parks as
it presents more than 50 amusement units simultaneously on a 600
decares of land to the guests. Besides, in addition to
the units designed through the state-of-the-art technology, VIALAND
has the capacity to compete with many theme parks thanks to its 3
different Roller Coasters. One of the attractive properties of
VIALAND is that it provides its visitors with a substantial
convenience in terms of transportation. It is because, there are very
few amusement centres situated in the centre of a city in the world.
Even though they are in-city parks, many theme parks are situated in
the locations that are in 20 km, 50 km, even 100 km distance from the
centre.
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