"As Bodrum, we are the most important tourism destination of the Mediterranean. The wealth we hold and the potential that we bear exceed those of all other Mediterranean destinations. We want to make Bodrum the leading tourism center of the Mediterranean," he said.
Noting that he number of foreigners who came to the town in the first four months of the year was almost the same as all its visitors in 2019, Aras said: "The number of tourists arriving by sea and air in 2022 will exceed that of 2019."
In 2019, the city hosted 1.3 million foreign tourists, while only 530,000 came in 2020 in the midst of the global coronavirus outbreak. Aras expects that Bodrum will attract around 1.5 million foreign tourists this year.
