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Agencies in Nevşehir

Travel agencies are commercial organizations which are authorized in order to make profit to give information to tourists about tourism, to form package tours, to meet accomodation, trasportation, tour, sport and entertainment services and to market the products they formed, by themselves or by means of other travel agencies.

• Agencies organise tours beginning in abroad or domestic including without staying overnight and one or more spent nights which are generally attended by foreign tourists.

• They sell for land, sea, and air transports’ and the group tours’ tickets which are arranged from Turkey to other countries or vice versa.

• They rent land, sea and air transports and organise the tourists’ bringing and taking services.

• They are engaged with the tourists’ enterance and accomodations who came single or with a group, their transportations with every type of transports among the touristic service unities.

• They reserve for accomodation, health systems, entertainment places and sport shows.

• They arrange city tours without staying overnight with the aim of touring and seeing natural, historical and archeological values. (part-time, full-time, night tours etc.)

The Association of Turkish Travel Agencies is a professional organization having the status of legal person, established in 1972. (The Law concerning Travel Agencies and the Association of Travel Agencies; Law No. 1618)

The main aims of the Association are, the development of the travel agency profession in harmony with the country’s economy and tourism sector, and protection of professional ethics and solidarity. In accordance with the Law No. 1618 travel agencies can be established upon the issue of an operation licence by the Ministry of Tourism and are obliged to become a member of TURSAB in order to be able to conduct travel agency bussiness, and offer services specified by the Law 1618.

The Regulation Pertaining to Travel Agencies prepared in accordance with the Law 1618 contains in further detail Exclusive Services of Travel Agencies as well as other services the subheadings, Organizing Tours, Transfer, Reservation, Information, Organizing Congresses and Conferences, Renting Out Individual Vehicles for Tour Purposes, Selling Tickets for Transport Vehicles, Selling the Products of Travel Agencies.

• Group (A) agencies offer and perform all services specified in Artical 1 of the Law No. 1618.

• Group (B) agencies sell tickets for international land, sea and air transports and tours arranged by (A) group travel agencies.

• Group (C) agencies organise and sell domestic tours for Turkish citizens.

• Group (B) and (C) agencies can also carry out the services which are entrusted to them by (A) group travel agencies.

According to the law, group (A) agencies shall be granted provisional operation licence for a period of two years. Provisional operation licence of an (A) group travel agency can be converted into operation licence if the agency can obtain within this period of two years certain amount of foreign exchange earnings, as specified by the relevant article of the law.

There are, at present 5184 travel agencies including branch offices all over Turkey. Travel agency bussiness has flourished in line with the development of Turkish tourism.Turkish travel agencies offer wide range of products to satisfy demand of any segment of market; most travel agencies diversified their field of activity and products while some others are specialized in specific areas.

Turkish travel agencies gained valuable experiences through decades. Their dynamic enterprising nature, understanding of market have enabled them to establish successful business relations producing furitful results. These efforts all together have given impetus to the rate of growth and played a major role in the achievements of the Turkish tourism. Some, even set up bussiness abroad, in several tourist generating countries under severe competitive market situation and accomplished success. Their achievements have also contributed to increase in demand to Turkey.

THE NAMES OF THE

TRAVEL AGENCİES

• Adventure Tourism• Agami Tourism• Anahita Tourism • Argeus Tourism• Cave Town Travel• Delil Travel

• Ertaşoğlu Tourism • Forum Tourism• Grand Daily Tour • Muşkara Tourism • New Göreme Tour• Nomad Tourism

• Postallı Tourism • Puan – Tour Tourism• Red Valley Tourism• Rock City Tourism• Rock Town Tourism • Senabil Tourism • Yama – Tour Tourism

• Andromeda Tourism • Ak Vadi Tour Tourism • Ataman Tourism • Dove Tourism • Hardrock Tourism • Haybil Tour Tourism • Heritage Tourism • Hiro Tour Travel Agency• Magic Valley Cappodacia Tour

• Abstract Travel• Agra Tour• Alan Tourism • Archalla Tourism • Argeus Tourism • Argonaut Escapades Tourism

• Catena Deı Taurus Tourism • Decar Tourism • M.t.ı Tourism• Magic Valley Cappodacia Tour• Methüs Tour• Nm Tourism• Paran Tour

• Dözami Tourism • Ekstra Tourism • Erko Tourism • Euphrates Tour• Fleur Blanche Tourism• Rock Valley

• Hatti Tourism• Honeycomb Tour• Kaptur Tourism• Lirita Tours• Peerless Travel• Red Valley Tourism• Sakura Tour

• Snowball • Stonepark Tourism • The Hanedan Travel Agency• Travel Atelier Travel• Ürgüp Tourism • Yuki Tour• Yume Tourism

• Alpino Tourism • Galip’s Tourism • Kırkit Voyage Tourism • Mephisto Tourism

If we summarize the subject, There are totally 77 agencies in Nevşehir. All the agencies are A group in Nevşehir.

To be an A group agency is better than both and is not difficult as people think. Most of the agencies take temporary operating documant from the tourism ministry at the beginning and they can use this documant for 2 years. That’s why all the agencies are A group in Nevşehir.