New awards for Belek in Turkey as a golf destination and holiday resort.

Belek, Turkey yet again secured its position as a top European golfing destination, with a host of international awards and accolades in 2009.

1200 readers of Europe’s highest-circulation golf magazine “Golf Journal” voted for Belek which won the second place in the category for “Best Developing Golf Destination”. The Golf journal also presented “The Best Golf Resort Out Of Europe Award” to Gloria Golf Resort for the second time in a row. Golf Journal, is one of the most important and popular golf journals in Europe.

2009 was a year full of success for Belek. During Moscow International Tourism Fair between 18-21 March, Travel.ru travel agency chose Belek as the best, among holiday destinations for children.

Belek’s best hotels also gathered some accolades from many different organizations. Cornelia De Luxe and Cornelia Diamond received the World Travel Awards of 2009, while the Spice Hotel & Spa received from 500 thousand customers of Neckermann the Primo Award and became one of the 10 best hotels of the world. Ela Quality Resort came back from the 7’th Istanbul International Gastronomy Festival with eight awards.

Over the last few years Belek has become one of the most popular European beach destinations, notably in 2008, the International Golf Tour Operators Union awarded Belek as the “Best Golf Destination of the Year in Europe”. Xanadu Resort Hotel was chosen by world famous tour operator Thomas Cook as “Best Hotel of the World”.