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Antalya Economy

ECONOMY

The province of Antalya boasts one of the most important cities in the country in social, cultural and, economic terms.
Antalya has seen the fastest population growth in Turkey in recent years.
There has been a significant increase in immigration to the area from other cities thanks in part to regional development.
Tourism , agriculture and all industry related to agriculture are the economic mainstays of the region.
The current pace of development is expected to continue into the coming years.
- According to statistics collated in 1996, of the 81 cities in Turkey Antalya is the 7th most developed.
- In terms of population and national income it is 8th
- In terms of income per head it is 18th
- It is 15th in terms of supplementary income per head,
- 7th in agricultural production value and
- 3rd in the cars per head ratio.
Antalya has an income per head ratio 13% above the national average..
Between 1987 and 1996 the average income per head increased by 78%.
Income distribution within the towns of Antalya province is as follows: City Centre 44 %, Alanya 12 %, Manavgat 11 %, Serik 6 %, Kemer , Elmalı and Korkuteli 5 %, Kumluca 4 %.
32% of regional income comes from trade, 21% from agriculture, 7% from industry and 9% from construction.

AGRICULTURE

21% of agricultural terrain is taken up with vegetation.
Small and medium sized agriculture businesses account for 90% of all enterprises and cover 76% of the land.
58% of all agricultural production is grain-based, 13 % is fruit growing and 9% is vegetable growing.
Citrus fruits and green house produce make up the bulk of all regional agriculture.

INDUSTRY

Industry has a smaller impact on the local economy compared with other sectors.
Industry accounts for only 4.3% of regional income.
The number of industrial based businesses are on the increase however. In 1965 there were just 19 increasing to 79 in 1985 with about 200 today. Sixty three of these are members of AKORSAN.
The Antalya Organized Industry Zone is spread over 195 sites. Ninty seven sites are already in production, thirty eight sites have been allocated and 16 of these are under construction.

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TRADE

Trade in the area accounts for the largest slice of total income with 34%.
20 000 of the 27 000 firms within ATSO are based in the city centre.
Exports increased by 53 % to $200 million between 1993 and 1997.
Imports increased by 62 % to $139 million in the same period.
67 % of exports and 60 % of imports are to and from members of the European Community.
The Antalya Free Trade Zone has gained significance with the development of foreign trade since 1988.

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Built by the Antalya Fair Organization Inc. (ANFAS), the new Antalya Expo Center (AEC) has begun operations with the opening of Auto Show '99. Speaking at the opening, Minister of Industry and Commerce Metin Sahin claimed that the only solution to the problems being experienced by the Turkish automotive industry was an increase in sales and that fairs could help to bring this about.

Another speaker, Sadik Badak, chairman of the ANFAS board of directors, stated that Turkey was in an extremely fortunate position from the point of view of commercial and trade fair services, lying directly between Europe and the Far East. "Around 60 percent of the volume of world trade," Badak said, "is carried on in Europe and the Far East. In addition, other Asian and African countries are progressing along the road to becoming consumer societies. The biggest fair organizer over the last 40 years has been Germany, but in the next 30 years, with developing transportation and communications technologies, it can be regarded as possible that this function will fall to our geographic region. In fact, a number of countries have started to hold export fairs in Istanbul because of our geographic location."

The AEC, Badak pointed out, was built for the purpose of introducing variety into Antalya's tourism sector and he outlined some of the advantages of staging fairs in Antalya as follows: "There is a 10 to 15 degree difference in temperature between the Antalya and German spring, autumn and winter fair sites. While the temperature is minus 2 degrees in Munich in December, it's 15 degrees in Antalya. For fair visitors, overnight accommodation costs DM 300 in Germany but only DM 30 in Antalya."

The Antalya Expo Center is opposite Antalya Airport. It has a total area of 60,000 square meters, including 16,000 square meters of covered fair area, and cost $20 million to build. It will be operated in partnership with TUYAP, Turkey's most experienced fair organization company, and aims to host 30 fairs each year. Shares in ANFAS, a joint foundation of Antalya industrialists and businessmen, tourism sector companies, the municipality and the Provincial Governor's Office, are to be offered for sale on the Istanbul Stock Exchange at the end of this year.