W ith its history of 8 500 years sur face area of 12 012 km2 heritage left by 32 civilizations it hosted fertile soil moderate climate con ditions 300 days of sunny weather coastal band of 629 km and sea with all shades of blue Izmir is a metropolitan city in the west of Turkey Izmir has an ideal geographical lo cation as a meeting place for Europe Africa and Middle East At a distance of only 3 hours to 48 countries Izmir offers easy ac cess by land air sea and railways Its ports economic diversity well trained manpower and favorable setting due to its geographical position have allowed Izmir to be the 3rd largest economy in the country With its high rate of growth Izmir has become one of the most rapidly growing five metropolitan eco n omies in the world Izmir owes its economically and socially dynamic characteristic to the fact that it was a home to many cultures and religions throughout the history due to its climate Per sians Ancient Greeks Assyrians Romans Byzantines and Ottomans are only a few of the tens of different civilizations Izmir host ed during its long history The fact that Izmir has a population above four million and half of it consists of people younger than thirty makes Izmir a city full of life As a home to 8 universities and tens of thousands of stu dents the city of Izmir raises scientists artists businessmen and businesswomen and academicians Thanks to its perfect climate Izmir has a perfect natural environment for agricultural products such as olive fig grape and cotton With its tasteful cuisine made of various sea foods vines distinguished herbs and olive oil Izmir is an attractive city for gourmets Introduced by Herodotus as a city with the most beautiful sky and the best climate in the world mentioned by Aristotle to Alexander the Great as You will remain in complete if you don t visit there and called as princess by Victor Hugo in the poems he wrote Izmir has the characteristic of be ing the city of firsts in the world Asklepion the first health center in the world was founded in Bergama district of Izmir As a prominent region both in Turkey and the world providing multilateral production opportunities rich natural resources and high quality of life Izmir has a significant potential in all main sectors of agriculture industry and service Izmir is in progress of develop ment in terms of exportation an important indicator of economy It is also an important attraction center for investors due to its logis tic infrastructure qualified human resource multi sectoral structure 2 free zones 13 or ganized industrial zones and high living standards Izmir has many positive character istics in terms of tourism such as its history cultural wealth richness of natural resources proximity to countries that form tourism de mand location in one of the two most impor tant tourism regions of the country improved touristic infra and super structure As the first destination where tourism in Turkey started for the first time in 1970s with American tourist coming to Kusadasi and 49TradeFairs Internation al 3 2017 INTERNATIONAL ANZEIGE TURKEY Where history meets future Located in the west of the country along the shores of Aegean Region Izmir the pearl of Aegean Region is the 3rd largest city in Turkey

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