Common Statement for the tourism and the culture signed Friday of 14 May by the minister of Culture and Tourism Mr Pavlos Geroulanos with the Turkish minister Ertugrul Gunay, as part of the Council of Collaboration between Greece and Turkey, that was realized in Athens with the presence of the Prime Ministers of Greece and Turkey.
The Common Statement for the Tourism forecasts inter alia:
• The common promotion (Greek-Turkish) of travelling packages to third countries, mainly to China. On 30 May travel professionals from China will visit Greece and Turkey.
• The investigation of possibility of collaboration in the sector of cultural tourism mainly via the cultural roads ( roads of Wine, roads of Olive…).
• The 8th Greek-Turkish Forum on the Tourism which will take place in Athens, in the fourth quarter 2010.
• Making stronger the already good collaboration of Hellenic Association of Travel and Tourist Agencies (HATTA), with the Organism of Turkish Travelling Agencies (TURSAB).
In the sector of Cultural Heritage the two ministries:
• They will exchange know-how and experiences on issues of protection, maintenance and restoration of monuments, mainly for the protection of cultural heritage that is influenced by big public works.
• They will collaborate for the protection of cultural property and the dissuasion of illegal excavations and distribution of antiquities.
• They will encourage the collaboration in the sector of excavations and will exchange of visits of archaeologists from the two countries.
• They will organize common conferences on the protection of cultural heritage with the attendance of representatives of world community.
In the sector of Modern Culture the two ministries:
They will encourage the reciprocal organization of cinematographic weeks dedicated in Greece and in Turkey.
They will encourage the already good collaboration between theatrical organisms and their attendance in festivals of two countries. Will also be promoting the exchange of theatrical representation each two years. Corresponding initiative will be received for the dance.
Will be promoting the collaboration of directors of orchestra of each country, with big Symphonic Orchestras of the other country.
Will be promoting the further collaboration of government owned organisms of book, writers, translators and editors and will arrange common deliberations and meetings on the approach of translations.
Will be promoting the exchange of exhibitions of photograph and figurative arts.