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Turkey ups sustainability focus with travel tips for visitors

Destinations
Will Payne
2 March 2022

Turkey is upping its focus on sustainability with the release of a range of new sustainable travel tips for people visiting the country this year.

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Mavi Gok will fly three times a week to Antalya from Gatwick (Credit: Nihat Sinan Erul / Unsplash)

The country has partnered with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) to highlight destinations, activities and modes of transport that will help guests preserve Turkey’s natural assets.

It includes 18 "slow cities" - destinations which meet 72 criteria such as eliminating noise pollution and fast-moving traffic, preserving and increasing green areas, and supporting local agriculture.

It has also expanded its high-speed railway network to reduce the time, energy and emissions of travelling within the country.