Zonguldak is waiting for you!
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From the pen of İrfan Önal, for “Zonguldak, which has the potential to be a unique tourism destination in our country with its industrial identity and its reflection of sociology”; Travel recommendations where you can catch the spirit of the city… Zonguldak is waiting for you!
Former General Director of Promotion of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism İrfan Önal, based on the new promotional films prepared for his hometown Zonguldak; He wrote a short travel article that includes travel recommendations where you can capture the spirit of the industrial city of Zonguldak.
Especially those who live in Istanbul and Ankara and are looking for an alternative for a weekend holiday; Those who want to witness its natural beauties and learn and experience the history and sociology of the industrial city, and those who are looking for a unique tourism destination should read this article.
Here is İrfan Önal’s “Zonguldak is waiting for you!” caption:
ZONGULDAK IS WAITING FOR YOU!
The new promotional films of Zonguldak, which I saw on social media, inspired this article.
In recent years, our cities’ focusing on tourism and culture has led to good developments. The fact that tourism is now perceived from a wider perspective in our country has also made it possible to understand the fact that tourism plays a very important role in development and improving the quality of life.
This situation paves the way for our cities to review their visions and renew their development/branding strategies by clarifying their identities. We see this mobility and desire in many of our cities. Of course, good management of this situation is inevitable.
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One of the cities I mentioned is my city Zonguldak.
The identity of this city, which has been one of the industrial centers of our country since the 19th century and provides a source for our development, also has uniqueness in terms of tourism and culture. In recent years, important studies have been carried out so that visitors can experience the industrial heritage it has.
At the beginning of these works, we can count the completion of the Zonguldak Coal Geopark’s membership application to the UNESCO Global Geoparks Network last month.
For those who want to explore Zonguldak Coal Geopark: www.zonguldakgeopark.com
Now, Zonguldak is officially a UNESCO candidate and this development will greatly support Zonguldak’s development and branding efforts. The point reached as a result of the 4-year joint work of the stakeholders in the city sets a successful example for destination management in terms of tourism.
At the beginning of this year, the first and only mining museum of our country, Zonguldak Mining Museum https://www.zonguldakmadenmuzesi.com/ became a member of the European Industrial Heritage Route (ERIH). https://www.erih.net/i-want-to-go-there/site/zonguldak-mining-museum There are over 2100 industrial heritage destinations on the ERIH Route.
We also see an acceleration in the efforts to re-function industrial heritage buildings as cultural spaces in the city. These studies will make a great contribution to the conservation awareness of the local people. At least, protecting the industrial heritage assets that we have from now on should be one of our most important duties.
The portal www.visitzonguldak.com , which was put into service two years ago to communicate and promote the city , offers coastal areas, natural areas, sports activities, flavor stops, historical-cultural areas, museums, bird watching points, industrial heritage, transportation points and accommodation opportunities. It brings together various information such as I recommend you to visit this site and follow their social media accounts, you will see inspiring experiences about Zonguldak.
The tourism industry always embraces destinations and products that capture the innovation process, express themselves correctly, and do not disappoint.
Destinations such as Zonguldak, which develop new themes and products and present them to the experience of their visitors, arouse excitement in travel lovers. At this point, the expectation of the tourism industry is the institutionalization of the said vision and common mind by gaining continuity.
Zonguldak has the potential of a unique tourism destination in our country with its industrial identity and its sociology as a reflection of it.
The meaning of all these and the developments that are not the subject here; It is the desire to protect the cultural and natural heritage of Zonguldak and to carry the bread that it earned with coal in the past century to the future with a new vision in the new century.
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