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UNESCO to register Odessa on the World Heritage List

Odessa theater of opera and ballet in Ukraine. GENEVA The UNESCO World Heritage Committee said Wednesday that it will inscribe on the World Heritage List the Historic Center of Ukraine's port city of Odesa, which Russia has attacked with missiles. The decision recognizes the outstanding universal value of the site on the Black Sea and the duty of all humanity to protect it, said UNESCO in a statement. "Odesa, a free city, a world city, a legendary port that has left its mark on cinema, literature and the arts, is thus placed under the reinforced protection of the international community," said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, welcoming the inscription. "While the war continues, this inscription embodies our collective determination to ensure that this city, which has always surmounted global upheavals, is preserved from further destruction,” Azoulay said. Under the terms of the World Heritage Convention, the 194 States Parties of the Convention, of which Russia is also a signatory, commit not to undertake any deliberate step that may directly or indirectly damage the World Heritage site and to assist in its protection. Odesa has also been inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger, which gives it access to reinforced technical and financial international assistance, which Ukraine may request to ensure the protection of the property and, if necessary, assist in its rehabilitation. Due to the threats to Ukraine's third most populous city since Russia launched its war on Feb. 24 last year, the World Heritage Committee used an emergency procedure provided for in the Operational Guidelines of the World Heritage Convention. As early as mid-2022, UNESCO linked international experts with Ukrainian experts to prepare the nomination, with the support of Italy and Greece. Zelenskyy submission Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made the submission official in October in an online speech to UNESCO. The evaluation bodies examined the nomination over the following weeks, allowing for a review at this week's extraordinary World Heritage Committee in Paris. In recent months, along with inscribing the Historic Center of Odesa on the World Heritage List, UNESCO implemented emergency measures on the ground to help protect the site. Since the beginning of the war, UNESCO has notably ensured the repairs to damage inflicted on the Odesa Museum of Fine Arts and the Odesa Museum of Modern Art. The UN organization also provided equipment for digitizing nearly 1,000 works of art and the documentary collection of the Odesa State Archives. Equipment was also delivered to protect the buildings and the open-air works of art. These measures are part of UNESCO's overall action plan in Ukraine, which has already mobilized more than $18 million for education, science, culture and information. Source: AA

Türkiye most favorite holiday spot for Russians in 2022

Türkiye has been the hottest holiday spot for Russians in 2022, according to a top tour operators association, driven mainly by the fact that their trips were hit by Western restrictions after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Some 5.3 million Russians visited Türkiye this year, according to Maya Lomidze, the executive director of Russia’s Association of Tour Operators (ATOR). Russian tourists have been one of the main drivers of the rebound in Türkiye’s tourism this year, in addition to a major leap in demand from Europe, spearheaded by Germany and the United Kingdom. Russians’ trips abroad have been disrupted by flight restrictions by Western countries after Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) also emerged as one of the top destinations for Russian tourists, although lagged way behind Türkiye with a significantly lower figure of 1 million, Lomidze said at a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday. Another 850,000 to 900,000 Russians traveled to Egypt this year, while some 410,000 went to Thailand, she added. For the New Year’s holidays, about 3 million Russians will travel inside the country and about 600,000 plan to go abroad, according to Lomidze. Trips to Türkiye, Egypt, Thailand and the UAE have been the most popular for the break, with much lower demand for tours to the Maldives and Sri Lanka, she said. Backed by demand from European countries, foreign arrivals in Türkiye jumped 44.64% from a year earlier to 2.55 million in November, according to the Culture and Tourism Ministry data, sustaining a strong recovery after a 2020 slump owing to the COVID-19 pandemic. Russian visitors topped the list among nations in November with 312,486 arrivals. They were followed by Bulgaria at 232,709 and Germany at 207,340, the data showed. In the January-November period, the number of foreign visitors reached 42.16 million people, up 84.77% compared to the same period in 2021, matching pre-pandemic levels of 2019. At 5.48 million, Germans topped the list, followed by nearly 4.95 million arrivals from Russia and 3.3 million arrivals from the United Kingdom, said the Culture and Tourism Ministry. Türkiye expects to end 2022 with 51.5 million tourists and $46 billion in revenues. Estimates had stood at 45 million arrivals and $35 billion in income at the beginning of the year. It expects 60 million foreign visitors and $56 billion in revenues for 2023. Source: Daily Sabah

Ukrainians came on vacation despite the war

The war did not prevent the holiday Especially Russian and Ukrainian tourists came to Antalya every year. Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, which affected the tourism sector as well as every sector, the number of Russian tourists remained below the expected rates. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, could not come after February as their airspace was closed due to the war. But the Ukrainians managed to come again through countries such as Germany and Poland for the holidays. Antalya City Council Tourism Working Group President Recep Yavuz compiled the data of Ukrainians who came to Antalya for vacation in the summer period in his analysis of the number of tourists coming to the city by air by country. It was determined that about 134 thousand Ukrainians came. They Settlement In Germany Yavuz stated that more than 5 million Ukrainian citizens have made long-term transits to Poland, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Slovakia. Yavuz said, "On February 25, 2022, the day after the war, the tourism operator predicted that 'no tourists will come from Ukraine.' The majority of the arrivals consisted of Ukrainian citizens who settled in Germany and worked there and came to Antalya for their annual leave, and Ukrainian citizens who moved to Poland and lived there.

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UNESCO to register Odessa on the World Heritage List

Türkiye most favorite holiday spot for Russians in 2022

Ukrainians came on vacation despite the war