Sabiha Gökçen Airport Receives Best Tourism Investment Award
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, the second airport serving Turkey’s largest city, has won the Most Successful Tourism investment Award for constructing a new terminal last year.
The award ceremony, held to announce the results of a survey titled "Turkey’s Most Successful Tourism Investments 2010," jointly conducted by Eurobank Tekfen and financial magazines Capital and Ekonomist, took place on Thursday. The final results vvere announced after a thorough deliberation by a large jury comprising representatives of tourism business organizations, academics, investment experts, journalists and representatives from various sectors.
Sabiha Gökçen International Airport received the top avvard for constructing a new terminal, vvhich cost 500 million euros and opened in October of last year. Passenger numbers have risen significantly since, Gökhan Buğday, the CEO of the Sabiha Gökçen International Airport investment, Construction and Management Corporation, said. Expressing satisfaction over the award. Buğday said he is pleased to see the company’s efforts to boost regional tourism development recognized. İstanbul Today’s Zaman