Former presidents of the Sports Tourism Association, Recep Şamil Yaşacan and Ferit Turgut, said that they expect the football teams to choose Antalya for the camp during the World Cup break. While Yaşacan said, "I do not want to pronounce the number of camps due to the break, but it will not match the old years," Ferit Turgut said, "For the first time, we expect a movement close to the pre-Covid period."

The 22nd FIFA World Cup to be held in Qatar will be held between 21 November and 18 December 2022 with the participation of national teams from 32 countries. The tournament, which will be played in 5 different cities and 8 different stadiums, will start with the match of host Qatar against Ecuador on 20 November and will end with the final match on 18 December. Football organizations will be suspended during the World Cup. Teams that cannot participate in the tournament will spend this period with camp and preparation. Tourism professionals and industry representatives in Antalya, one of the important football camp centers, said that the break for the World Cup is important for them. Recep Şamil Yaşacan and Ferit Turgut, former presidents of the Football Tourism Association, noted that they expect both clubs, national teams that did not participate in the tournament, and U17 teams to choose Antalya for their camp activities.

RECEP ŞAMİL YAŞACAN: OPPORTUNITY FOR US

Recep Şamil Yaşacan said, “In November and December, European teams will come, especially at the national team level. There will be a few specific tournaments. It will be a very valuable and important promotional project for our country. opportunity for us. It is a great opportunity for our country. What we can do here is to evaluate this gap and opportunity as a state. As the private sector, our fields will already be ready. Just as the World Cup is important for our country, this gap is also very important for camp organizations. I hope we can do that."

“TEAMS WILL COME TO ANTALYA”

Noting that football will be suspended in all countries because leagues are not played in November due to the World Cup, Recep Şamil Yaşacan said, “The breaks in Europe were 3-4 weeks. It was like 2 months in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries. It will be longer for the CIS countries. It will be a big break for Europeans as well. Meanwhile, the teams will come to Antalya. I don't want to say how many camps there will be due to the break, but it will not look like old years. “I believe there will be more,” he said.

FERİT TURGUT: THERE WILL BE MOBILITY CLOSE TO THE PRE-COVID PERIOD

Ferit Turgut, who is also the President of TÜRSAB Mediterranean BTK, said: “Since the World Cup is in November this year, we will have a preparation season ahead of us in November and December. Between January and March, the camp period will begin as before. This year, we are going through a long period due to the long winter and the preparation period. This break will be long due to the break in leagues. Reservations so far have been positive. For the first time after Covid, we expect activity close to the pre-Covid period. I hope it will be a good season.”