Recent Development
The Law No. 7138 on the Tourism Publicity and Development Agency
("Law"), published in the Official
Gazette No. 30832 dated 15 July 2019, established the Tourism
Publicity and Development Agency
("Agency"), a separate legal entity
subject to private law except for certain issues specified in the
Law.
One of the Agency's income resources will be the
"tourism share" payment, explained below.
What Does the Law Say?
According to the Law, the Agency's main activities will be:
(i) developing strategies and carrying out publicity activities to
reach Turkey's tourism objectives and promote/market
Turkey's tourism opportunities worldwide; (ii) making
recommendations by identifying the needs and trends of the tourism
sector and market; (iii) performing works to contribute the tourism
potential into Turkey's economy and to increase tourism
investments and tourism share; and (iv) performing the necessary
works to increase the service and overall
