T?RKIYE-ANTALYA-TOURISM INDUSTRY

T?RKIYE-ANTALYA-TOURISM INDUSTRY

(240808) -- ANTALYA, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists line up to board a boat in Antalya, Trkiye, on Aug. 8, 2024. During a news conference held on July 31, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said total arrivals in Trkiye in the first six months of 2024 reached 26.1 million, up 13.9 percent year-on-year. The tourism industry generated 23.7 billion dollars in revenues in the same period, he said. "This shows that Trkiye achieved a record income." (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Industry insiders remain optimistic about Trkiye's tourism despite inflation headwind

T?RKIYE-ANTALYA-TOURISM INDUSTRY

T?RKIYE-ANTALYA-TOURISM INDUSTRY

(240808) -- ANTALYA, Aug. 8, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on Aug. 8, 2024 shows tourists at Pirate beach in Antalya, Trkiye. During a news conference held on July 31, Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said total arrivals in Trkiye in the first six months of 2024 reached 26.1 million, up 13.9 percent year-on-year. The tourism industry generated 23.7 billion dollars in revenues in the same period, he said. "This shows that Trkiye achieved a record income." (Mustafa Kaya/Handout via Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM TO GO WITH Feature: Industry insiders remain optimistic about Trkiye's tourism despite inflation headwind

Greene wins 100m title at Super Track and Field Meet

Greene wins 100m title at Super Track and Field Meet

TOKYO, Japan - World champion and record holder Maurice Greene (C) battles a fierce headwind on Sept. 15 to capture the men's 100-meter title in a modest time of 10.35 seconds at the end-of-season Super Track and Field Meet held at National Stadium in Tokyo. Japan's Koji Ito (far L) could only manage fifth in 10.69.

Iraqi windsurfing athletes train hard against headwind of insufficient funding

STORY: Iraqi windsurfing athletes train hard against headwind of insufficient funding DATELINE: May 18, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:26 LOCATION: Baghdad CATEGORY: SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Iraqi national windsurfing team 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR TALAL, Member of the Iraqi national windsurfing team 3. various of the training 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): ANMAR SALMAN, Trainer of the Iraqi national windsurfing team 5. various of the training STORYLINE: With golden sunlight gleaming off the river waves before sunset, Omar Talal was working hard to adjust the boom of his white and red sail towards the wind on the Tigris River through central Baghdad, the Iraqi capital. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): OMAR TALAL, Member of the Iraqi national windsurfing team "It is a nice sport and I loved it, so I started practicing it in 2018, and I participated in the Iraq Championship and won first place in 2020, and again I won first place in 2021 in the windsurfing. My ambitions are to get advanced positions in the upcoming." A

Greene wins 100m title at Super Track and Field Meet

Greene wins 100m title at Super Track and Field Meet

TOKYO, Japan - World champion and record holder Maurice Greene (C) battles a fierce headwind on Sept. 15 to capture the men's 100-meter title in a modest time of 10.35 seconds at the end-of-season Super Track and Field Meet held at National Stadium in Tokyo. Japan's Koji Ito (far L) could only manage fifth in 10.69.