Significant Investment in Salda Tourism from MAKU: Lavanta Tepesi Hotel Salda

The Lavanta Tepesi Hotel Salda, located by the Salda Lake, which carries significant tourism potential of Burdur, hosted 3,500 people within a year of its opening.

While Lavanta Tepesi Hotel Salda offers practical training to the students of Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (MAKU), it also contributes significantly to the tourism of Burdur by increasing the tourism potential of the region. This unique training model and facility offer an ideal accommodation opportunity for tourists who want to discover the natural beauties of Salda Lake. Guests coming to Lavanta Tepesi Hotel Salda also express that they have a quiet, calm, comfortable, and economical holiday by the Salda Lake and enjoy their holiday.

Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Dalgar, Rector of Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University (MAKU), drew attention to the fact that the hotel is a practice area for students in his statement about this important investment; "Lavanta Tepesi Hotel Salda, one of the most comprehensive and best service providing facilities of our city by the Salda Lake, was opened about a year ago. During this period, we accommodated approximately 3,500 people in line with the tourism potential of Salda. What makes this place special is its affiliation with Yeşilova İsmail Akın Vocational School of Tourism. The ground floor is used as a vocational school, and the upper floor is used as a practice hotel. So, students studying tourism and culinary arts reinforce their education by practicing after taking their theoretical lessons. We call this unique education model, which is unprecedented in Turkey, full practical training. Our students can receive education directly in practice from the moment they come to school in the first grade. In this respect, we offer a very important program that supports the pioneering approach of our university in practical education. The gains of our students from here are very high.

With the increasing popularity of Salda Lake in recent years, a serious accommodation need arose in this region. Especially due to environmental protection regulations, it has become almost impossible to build new facilities. Lavanta Tepesi Hotel Salda stands out as an important accommodation facility that responds to this need. This 58-room facility, which has a standard between 3 and 4 stars, serves intertwined with the practical training of students. We continue to make improvements based on the feedback from our customers so far.

Our facility, which has completed its first year, will make greater contributions to Salda tourism and Burdur's tourism in the future. In addition, the Salda Lake balloon tourism initiated under the leadership of the Governorship of Burdur once again revealed the necessity of this facility. We believe that this investment will make significant contributions to regional tourism." He said.