TURKISH AIRLINES is joining this year’s Davao Mega Travel Sale to get a slice of a growing market of international travelers from Mindanao, particularly those going to Europe. “The growth of the traveling population of Davao started like baby steps. Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia. Japan was very popular last year, Korea and then surprisingly this year we are expecting a lot of (travelers to) Europe that is why Turkish Airways wants to join the sale,” said Gian Cagiat, a member of the Davao Travel Agencies Association (DTAA), which organizes the event, scheduled this year on Feb. 16-18 at the Abreeza Mall. DTAA President Alex L. Divinagracia said Turkish Airways became excited upon learning the success of last year’s sale, which brought in P50 million gross sales, mostly from ticket sales of long-haul travels. “The outcome of last year was very successful. We were able to hit the target gross sales of P50 million from ticket sales,” Mr. Divinagracia said. — Maya M. Padillo

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