April 23 - Children's Day in Turkey

Antalya set a new record for the number of tourists, receiving 2 million 66 thousand 962 guests in the first quarter of 2024. This is a 14.1% increase compared to the first quarter of 2023, when 1 million 686 thousand 284 people visited the region. Such indicators have become the highest for the entire existence of tourism in Antalya and are an excellent start to the season. Most of the tourists came from the following countries: Germany - 539.663 people.Russia - 366.783 people.England - 266,120 people. The top three are followed by Poland, the Netherlands, Iran, Belgium, Ukraine, France and Lithuania.

FutureLog, a digital procurement platform from Movenpick Holding subsidiaries that provides procurement technology services to more than 8,000 hotels worldwide, has chosen Turkey as the headquarters for its operations in Greece, Egypt and Turkey. FutureLog, a leading provider of procure-to-pay software for the hospitality industry, opened its headquarters in Turkey in Antalya last year and is preparing to expand its service network on three continents in the near future by opening a data center in Ankara and a support center in Istanbul. FutureLog's press conference on "Artificial Intelligence in Tourism", held under the auspices of the International Hospitality Company (IHC) in Turkey, took place recently in the building of the Antalya Aquarium. The meeting discussed the innovations and advantages of FutureLog for the tourism sector.

Thai Prime Minister Settha Thawisin announced plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper in Bangkok. It is reported that Middle Eastern and Chinese developers Broad Group and Vatone Group, as well as Emaar Group, which built Burj Khalifa, the tallest skyscraper in the world today (828 m), will participate in the project. The high-rise will be represented by a complex consisting of a hotel, as well as financial, entertainment and shopping centers. The height of the building has not yet been named, Settha Thawisin added that the tower project will help attract more visitors to Thailand, whose tourism industry accounts for 12% of the country's GDP. In 2024, the country plans to receive 35-40 million tourists, reaching the figures of 2019.

The Director of Health of Alanya, Nadir Aldemir, together with other officials, inspected the construction of a new public hospital in the Payallar district. During the inspection, the delegation received information about the progress of construction and the degree of readiness of the hospital building. The public hospital in Pajallar will meet the A2 level. The hospital has 200 beds, 25 intensive care beds, 10 palliative beds, 7 operating rooms, 67 polyclinic rooms, 5 emergency rooms, endoscopy and bronchoscopy departments, a burn department, an outpatient chemotherapy department for 15 people, a sleep laboratory and a diabetes center. With the completion of construction, healthcare in Alanya will become more comprehensive and efficient. "Our new hospital will provide the most modern medical services for our region. This investment will make a significant contribution to strengthening the city's healthcare infrastructure," Aldemir said.