Location

45 minutes south of Izmir, Kusadasi has a typical Mediterranean climate with warm summers and mild winters, providing a long tourism season. The city is bathed in sunshine for 300 days of the year, which makes it a perfect holiday destination. It is a ideal base for Aegean cruise ships. There are two airports in its vicinity, Izmir airport at 85 km and Selcuk Airport at 20km distance.

Textiles, food and tourism are concentrated in Kusadasi. With its 11 five-star hotels, over 100 restaurants Kusadasi is a thriving city. Knowledge and communication technologies, education, maritime business, port management, logistics, shipyard, hospitality, fair-convention tourism, health tourism, cruise ship tourism, sports tourism, ecotourism, organic agriculture, aquaculture, olive and viticulture and livestock are also emerging sectors with very high potential. With its highways, port, and close airports Kusadasi has been turning into a logistic base where all transportation modes can be used. While usage of wind power and geothermal energy is increasing, natural gas infrastructure is also nearly complete.

Organized Industrial Zones, free zones and techno parks-technology development zones are designed in a way that allow companies which provide goods and services to operate within approved boundaries with the necessary infrastructure and social facilities. The infrastructure provided in the zones includes roads, water, natural gas, electricity, communications, waste treatment and other services.

As being a central of culture, trade and civilization, Kusadasi presents its services to cultural tourism with its countless historical sites reaching to our days from prehistoric times, works and buildings, museums, typical Mediterranean kitchen, handicrafts, festivals, festivities and other local cultural specialties, as well as offering its respectful participation in the faith tourism with a large collection of sacred places.