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Icmeler History... Icmeler used to be a village where
nobody went or visited other than the villagers.
Marmaris, the bigger city 8 km away from Icmeler even
used to be a small holiday resort. As Marmaris got
popular in the 80's and got discovered by foreigners
visiting this city, Icmeler slowly started developing.
Investors saw Icmeler as the next place of tourists.
Marmaris got bigger and bigger and became a world-wide
resort for people all over the world. Even forests and
hills around Marmaris turned into big hotels and resorts.
The total number of restaurants and bars in Marmaris
doubled each year serving some 3 million tourists a year.
Icmeler meanwhile was just a place now to go and see the
village life in Turkey. Hotel developments got faster as
more tourists came to see Icmeler. Marti was the only
resort at the time, and was know for it's quiet, by the
nature location. This all changed in 10 years, from 1990
to 2000, many hotels, aparts, restaurants , bars, shops
etc were built and Icmeler was now a top-class resort.
It was big enough to serve everyone's needs yet so small
that everyone visiting or working there felt like they
were all neigbours. That is now what makes Icmeler
different than the other places to visit. It has this
magic to it and once you stay there over night, you
don't want to stay anywhere else but there. People who
have been to Icmeler before know about this and mention
it everytime they get a chance. Icmeler is also very
special with its location. It is situated on a big bay
with a beach that goes all the way to Marmaris. Lots of
green, all low size buildings which makes you feel at
ease and live athmosphere where it makes you think
everyone on this destination resort is happy with their
lives. This is usually true. There are people working in
Icmeler who choose to work in Icmeler eventhough they
could make more money somewhere else. Oh, one more thing,
almost every Turkish fellow who works in Icmeler has a
nick name so that people who can't speak Turkish can
refer to them easily...doesn't that tell you something
about the people of Icmeler...very very caring and
friendly...maybe its because if one thing goes wrong in
Icmeler, everyone in Icmeler will know:) |
