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According to the announcement shared by the Istanbul Tourist Guides Chamber (İRO), several museums and archaeological sites across Türkiye w...

Ahead of the upcoming tourism season, the Istanbul Chamber of Tourist Guides has issued an important reminder regarding working conditions a...

The application schedule for the 2026 Tourist Guiding Professional Qualification Exam has been officially announced for candidates aiming to...

We are sharing the announcement made by the Istanbul Guides Association regarding the 2026 work permits.

Tourism Guidance Department Head Asst. Prof. Ramazan İNAN and Gastronomy Department Coordinator and department member Assoc. Prof. Serdar EG...

Istanbul Gelisim University Journal of Social Sciences (İGÜSBD) is gaining attention for its rising position in the SOBİAD index, with facul...

The December issue of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences' monthly bulletin, SosyoCom, has been published.

In Türkiye, Istanbul Gelisim University became the university with the highest number of accredited undergraduate programs, with 56 programs...

IGÜSBD, an international peer-reviewed journal, is published twice a year. Our journal has been indexed by ULAKBİM TR Index since 2015.

Guide Academy operates as a platform where guests who are experts in tourism guiding and related fields hold interviews and webinars. The ch...

The September 2024 issue of SosyoCom consists of sections such as Techno-Agenda, Eco-Agenda, New Professions, Culture-Art-Literature, SosyoC...

The August 2024 issue of SosyoCom consists of sections such as Techno-Agenda, Eco-Agenda, New Professions, Culture-Art-Literature, SosyoCom...

The January 2024 issue of SosyoCom consists of sections such as Techno-Agenda, Eco-Agenda, New Professions, Culture-Art-Literature, SosyoCom...

Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality organized a Workshop between 26-28 February 2024 to see and evaluate the deficiencies in the field of to...

A conversation on the subject of "Tourist Guidance Interview in Cruise Tourism" was organized by the Department of Tourism Guidance. At t...

The January 2024 issue of SosyoCom consists of sections such as Techno-Day, Eco-Day, New Professions, Culture-Art-Literature, SosyoCom Shelf...

Tour Guide Academy continues online seminars in its third year.

In addition to its natural beauties, technical infrastructure and trained workforce, Turkey has become an important filming destination in t...

Two new elements from Turkey were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.

The latest report released by Euromonitor International has highlighted Istanbul's continued dominance in tourism for the year 2023. The cit...

The Tourism Guidance Department members participated in the 3rd International Congress on New Generations and New Trends in Tourism held be...

The July issue of Sociocom has been published. The subjects in this issue are as follows: Tekno-Gündem, Eco-Day, New Professions, Culture-Ar...

Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the details of the repair to be made in the Hagia Sophia Mosque.

British tour operator and airline company EasyJet has announced its program for Birmingham, one of the three new centers it plans to open in...

The past five years have been very challenging for the tourism industry. However, we have successfully overcome all these difficulties. The...

The May issue of Sociocom has been published. The subjects in this issue are as follows: Tekno-Gündem, Eco-Day, New Professions, Culture-Art...

According to the statement made by the Union of Tourist Guides Chambers, a Foreign Language Proficiency Exam will be held between 10-14 July...

The April issue of Sociocom has been published. The subjects in this issue are as follows: Tekno-Gündem, Eco-Day, New Professions, Culture-A...

An educational trip was organized by the Head of the Tourism Guidance Department Dr. Ramazan İNAN. Within the scope of the educational trip,...

The March issue of Sociocom has been published. The subjects in this issue are as follows: Tekno-Gündem, Eco-Day, New Professions, Culture-A...

Turkey's 4th shopping mall library was opened with a ceremony attended by the Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy.

Bursa Iznik was chosen this year for the permanent candidacy of UNESCO World Heritage in 2022. The file regarding the Iznik district selecte...

While a total of 26.2 million tourists visited Turkey in the first 7 months of the year, the number of visitors to Istanbul in the same peri...

Edirne Culture Trip from Tourism Guidance Department

A floor mosaic unearthed during the excavations of the Ancient City of Troy went down in history as one of the most important discoveries in...

It has been announced that the first flight will take place on December 12 and the ticket price will be 1,300 liras.

The 4th grade students of our department visited the Hagia Sophia Mosque and the Hippodrome on Tuesday, December 7, as part of the Cultural...

Guide Academy, by a team of guide-academics, organizes a series of talks by experts for professional tourist guides and guide candidates.

The number of virtual museums put into practice by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in March reached 33 by adding 13 more museums and rui...

Operations of cruise ships started in Galataport, the renewed port of Istanbul.

At the orientation meeting held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic, information about the university and the department was given to the st...

Tourism Guidance Department has been accredited by AQAS (Agency for Quality Assurance Through Accreditation of Study Programs).

Farrota Travel Awards found their owners in its 10th year with the votes of the public.

Online and special interest tours are coming to the fore in 2021.

During the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Aizanoi in the Çavdarhisar district of Kütahya, the heads of the statues of Aphrod...

Türkiye Turist Rehberleri Birliği (TUREB), Türkiye Seyahat Acentaları Birliği (TÜRSAB), Türkiye Otelciler Federasyonu (TÜROFED), Türkiye Tur...

Petplan analyzed more than 73,000 reviews by pet owners on Booking.com to find out which parts of the world are the best places to go on vac...

The statue of Kybele, which was smuggled from Turkey to Israel in the 1960s, was wanted to be sold in an auction house in the USA, but retur...

International Congress of New Generations and New Trends in Tourism (INGANT 2018)

The Travel and Tourism private sector was invited to the G20 Tourism Ministers meeting today, where the World Travel and Tourism Council (WT...

The tourist season, which was heavy in the number of tourists, extended until November with the positive weather conditions. While hotels in...

EU approval for TurkAegean tourism campaign. Ankara applied to the European Union to register the term "TurkAegean" last December. It was ma...

Reservations for the winter season increased by 20-25 percent compared to last year.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the seven-month visitor entry statistics for January-July 2022.

In Mediterranean countries, which are the center of attraction for tourism, hotel prices in 3, 4 and 5 star hotels show a significant increa...

The Airports Council of Europe (ACI Europe) published the air traffic report for June 2022, covering the second quarter and first half of th...

Istanbul broke the record in the number of tourists. In October, approximately 1 million 585 thousand tourists visited Istanbul, an increase...

The interest in cruise tourism has increased significantly compared to last year. Until this period last year, 11 ships berthed at Turkish p...

Karahantepe, which was discovered after Göbeklitepe, which was a turning point in the history of archeology, was introduced to the whole wor...

The target in the number of visitors by the end of 2022 is 51.5 million!

The Islands Museum “Bicycle Exhibition” is opening in the main building of Büyükada Aya Nikola with the theme of “137 Years on the Bicycle”.

Blue Origin, the aerospace research company of famous businessman Jeff Bezos, is preparing for its space flight on July 20.

Mustafapaşa village of Nevşehir and Taraklı district of Sakarya were among the best tourism villages selected by the World Tourism Organizat...

The Michelin Guide, which offers an outstanding list of recommendations on gastronomy, gave stars to restaurants and chefs in Turkey for the...

In the statement made by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Governorship of Antalya, it was reported that a number of artifacts smu...

4 more elements were included in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List, which has been prepared since 2003 and has been accepted from...

According to the statement made by the Tourist Guiding Association (TUREB), the name of the association was changed to the Association of To...

The Serbian government has completed the necessary legal arrangements for the mutual use of identity cards instead of passports in travels w...

At the end of the 2-year pandemic period, with the decrease in coronavirus measures, tourists are starting to make travel plans abroad again...

"Hittites Specialization Training" will be organized by the Tourist Guides Association (TUREB) between 23-27 February 2022 for licensed tour...

Our faculty member Dr. Fatma Özçelik Heper, evaluating the current tourism sector, stated that the early booking demand from abroad exceeded...

Private Insurance Provider Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection (BHTP), Seventh Annual Travel Insurance Report shared tips on the safest tra...

As a result of the archaeological excavations carried out throughout the year at Amida Höyük in Diyarbakır's Sur district, more than 900 art...

Istanbul Chamber of Guides (IRO) held its 4th Ordinary General Assembly on Sunday, December 26 at the Grand Cevahir Hotel.

The first volume of the book Architectural Structures for Tourist Guiding, which is the main resource in vocational courses for tourism guid...

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) 2021 and 2021 IV. announced the details of tourism statistics for the quarter (October – December).

The Museum of Islamic Civilizations, which was established in a closed area of 10 thousand square meters in the Büyük Çamlıca Mosque Complex...

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism continues its efforts to bring the cultural assets of Turkey back to the country.

In the first six months of 2022, a record increase was seen in the number of visitors in palaces, mansions and pavilions affiliated to the P...

The International Orange Blossom Carnival, which is Turkey's first carnival, has been held in April every year since 2013 with a civil initi...

The base wages to be applied for 2023 have been announced.

Galataport Istanbul received the "Port of the Year" award in the world at the Seatrade Cruise Awards, organized as part of Seatrade Cruise M...

As a branding move in the international arena, Turkey started to work on a name change last December. In January 2022, the Directorate of Co...

According to the data of the Interbank Card Center (BKM), the total amount of payments made with cards in August increased by 125 percent co...

In the December issue of SosyoCom, Techno-Agenda, Eco-Agenda, New Professions, Culture-Arts-Literature, SosyoCom Raf, Education-Research, En...

The February issue of SocyoCom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and...

The first issue of Socyocom, the monthly event and news bulletin of Istanbul Gelişim University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and So...

IGU- Tourism Guidance Department was participated in the international congress.

Possible Lessons to be Opened in the Department of Tourism Guidance for Summer School 2017-2018

2018-2019 Academic Year Re-Registration Dates begin 21 May.

26 departments, including the Department of Tourism Guidance, have been accredited by the AQAS (Agency for Quality Assurance Through Accredi...

Edirne Cultural Tour from Tourism Guidance Department