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Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has initiated a tender for constructing 4-5 star hotels and thermal facilities in some forestlands in Artvin, Bursa, Kars, Kütahya, Mersin, Ordu and Uşak provinces.
In the tender specifications issued by the Ministry, there are also satellite photos where the forestlands in which the related facilities are to be constructed are marked with red and blue lines.
As reported by Erdoğan Süzer from Sözcü newspaper, the trees in the indicated forestlands will be cut down for the hotels and facilities on the condition that the specified price is paid by the investors.
Accordingly, the investors that will cut down the trees will be expected to pay an amount of money that will suffice to reforest an area three times the one where the trees have been cut down for the construction of hotels. They will also be expected to pay the price for the care and maintenance of this reforested area for three years to the Directorate General of Forestry.
Condition: Preliminary permission of Ministry
The investors will also be required to pay a fee of Upliftment of Forest Villagers Revenue, which will reportedly account for 3 percent of the amount of investment that is to fall within the forestland.
Everyone will be allowed to apply for the allocations open for domestic and foreign investors; but the ones not granted a preliminary permission by the Ministry will not be able to partake in the tenders.
7 marked areas
Mersin, Tarsus, Kulak Village - A forestland of 2 million 492 thousand 217 square meters has been turned into a private parcel of land and opened for investment. The area will be allocated for 49 years and with an investment of 401,5 million lira, a 5-storey hotel, a 3-storey holiday village and a 3-storey golf course will be constructed there.
Artvin, Balcıoğlu Village - A forestland of 24 thousand 228 square metres will be allocated for the construction of a 3-storey 3 to 5 star hotel with a capacity of 290 beds for 49 years. The investment amount has been estimated to be 33 to 64 million lira.
Bursa, Mustafakemalpaşa, Derekadı Village - A forestland of 175,3 thousand square metres in total will be divided into two parcels and allocated for thermal tourism. Investors will construct two separate thermal hotels (3 to 5 star 5-storey hotels with 150 beds each) in the area. The investment amount has been estimated to be between 17 and 33 million lira.
Kars, Sarıkamış - A forestland of nearly 74 thousand square meters will be turned into a private parcel and three separate facilities (a hotel with 300 beds, a private accommodation facility and a tourism facility) will be constructed on the land.
Kütahya, Gediz, Uğurluca - A 3-storey 3-5 star hotel with 100 beds will be constructed on the forestland of 9 thousand 442 square meters; the land near the village will be allocated for a period of 49 years.
Ordu Kabadüz Çambaşı Highland - Two private parcels of land have been formed, one of them is in the forest. A forestland of 9 thousand 562 square meters will be allocated for 49 years for the construction of a 3-5 star hotel with a capacity of 70 beds.
Uşak, Banaz, Hasan Village - Two separate thermal hotels will be constructed on two separate parcels of land; each will have five storeys and a capacity of 300 beds. The facilities will be managed for 49 years. (TP/SD)
