A NEW camaign to put pressure on the local authorities to complete the ‘fast-road’ between Bodrum Airport and Didim was launched this week.
Didim Chamber of Commerce has started a petition campaign calling for the Didim–Kazıklı Airport Road to be finished. Once complete, trips to the airport from the resort will take about an hour, instead of the approximate 1 hour 30 minutes.
Chairman of Didim Chamber of Commerce Ufuk Döver said the Minister of Culture and Tourism Ertuğrul Günay would come to Didim on August 13.
He said: “This road is of vital importance to Didim so before our meeting with the Minister, we have started a campaign for the Didim Kazıklı Airport Road to be built and opened as soon as possible.
“We will call for resident’s support by putting up posters in different parts of the town and handing out flyers. We will visit our Head Official and Didim Council, as well as the NGOs and various associations, inviting them to join our campaign.
“We aim to collect 10,000 before the minister arrives.”
Claiming it was not good enough alone to declare Didim a tourism city, he said: “We have brought this
matter up in our meetings in Ankara. It is important for Didim and it will contribute to tourism greatly.
“We have prepared a report also explaining these issues. We will distribute this report to public bodies and institutions. We will have stalls to collect signatures from the public. We will give the report also to the Minister himself when he comes.”
Mr Döver said that they would also discuss other road problems with Minister Günay during his visit. Döver spoke: “If we do not ask for anything, nobody will help us. We have to keep working on things.”
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