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Famous 'Cyclist' magazine wrote about Muğla cycling routes

The world's most prestigious cycling magazine 'Cyclist', headquartered in England and published in many languages, featured Muğla and Muğla cycling routes in its December issue. Describing the route from Marmaris to Ula Akyaka and Hinge Sarnıç, Kıran as 'Turkish Delight', the magazine announced the 12-13 km climbing route from Akbük to Sarnıç as Turkey's Alps. . The sports tourism activity started by Muğla Governor Orhan Tavlı 2 years ago began to bear fruit in a short time. Muğla, which has made great strides especially in cycling sports and events, hosts many national and international races, events and tours, and is now one of the indispensable choices of European cycling enthusiasts with the bicycle routes created within its structure. Sea, sun, bike city The International Cyclist Magazine referred to Muğla as 'Sea Sun and a Cycling', that is, the City of Sea, Sun and Cycling. The magazine, which is out of the sea, sun and beach trilogy, wrote that Muğla has started to spread tourism to 12 months with the recent studies and regulations, and that it has managed to make a name for itself in terms of sports tourism in Europe with the bicycle routes created. The magazine also played a major role in the promotion of the region by sharing the food culture and accommodation opportunities in the region with its readers. Referring to the importance of Bicycle Tourism in Europe, Ilker Cömert, Representative of the Bicycle Federation Muğla, said, “Muğla is working to have a share in bicycle tourism, which has a size of approximately 52 billion Euros in the world. We have come a long way in the works we started with the instructions of our Governor. This news, and finally, the fact that Muğla is featured in Europe's and even the world's most prestigious Cycling Magazine is the most important indicator of this. Our governor has important plans and projects in this regard, if the necessary infrastructure is provided, Muğla can have a bigger cake than Europe in 5-6 years.” Stating that bicycle tourism has a bigger potential than ship tourism, Cömert said, “There is an annual turnover of 52 billion Euros in Europe. It is now known that this issue is an important and qualified tourist resource. We are making great efforts to increase the number of bicycle support points and routes in Muğla. In the meantime, we should also try to increase the number of bike-friendly hotels,” he said. Giving information about the bicycle routes, Cömert said, “Tourists who want to travel by bicycle download the routes in the region to their phones. We also have important work in this regard. Our governor also opened our horizons on the routes of historical regions. We had the chance to explore many routes from Tlos to Herakleia, from Hyllarima to Stratonikeia, from Lagina to Latmos. We mapped out the routes of these areas. Cycling enthusiasts will travel on these routes with their families. In this context, the service and resting places on the routes will also be important. Tourists using bicycles do not stay at the hotel. Cycling enthusiasts use the hotel only for rest and sleep. It is also important to him.”