Turkey’s Mardin welcomed 600,000 tourists in the first 11 months of 2018

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The southeastern city of Mardin is Turkey’s one of the major historical city and now the cynosure of country’s tourism.

This city is the home to a rich conglomeration of cultures with their heritage common in its narrow alleys and splendid manors, enjoyed a fivefold increase in tourists.

This increase in tourism comes in the wake of security operations that weeded out PKK terrorists from flash point districts.

Three years ago, 113,000 people visited the city, but the latest figures show some 600,000 tourists visited Mardin in the first 11 months of 2018.

The tourism in Turkey was badly hurt because of PKK militants’ incessant attacks that targeted security forces and civilians, turning parts of the city into no-go zones.

A security sweep in the wake of the PKK’s bloody campaign three years ago eradicated the PKK presence in Mardin.

Nowadays, the tourism businesses have seen a revival as tourists flock to the city to see its impressive skyline, a citadel crowning narrow alleys dotted with golden-colored houses, manors and a rich multicultural heritage that countless civilizations and faiths left behind.

There is a constant stream of local and foreign visitors shuffling in and out of historic mosques, churches and madrassahs and taking selfies in the ancient stone houses.

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• Türkiye’s Mardin witnesses hosts a host of visitors every year