Situated on Turkey’s picturesque Mediterranean coast, Alayna is today one of the region’s most popular resorts, attracting visitors from all over the world to its beautiful shores. With its warm climate, offering over 300 days of sunshine every year, Alanya offers visitors and residents alike the attractive southern Mediterranean lifestyle at an appealing price.

Whilst many Mediterranean resorts have suffered as a result of aggressive expansion policies, Alanya has managed to retain much of its original, and authentic charm. With its winding, narrow streets bustling and lively from dawn till dusk, there’s always something to do in this popular Turkish resort.

The majority of the old town of Alanya is situated on a rocky outcrop which juts out into the clear blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea. Home to many of Alany’s oldest homes, shops and mosques, the old town is the hub of Alanya’s tourist industry. The popular waterfront area is also home to a number of cafes, restaurants and bars, offering an excellent selection of local as well as international cuisines. For fans of culture, you can always visit the 14th century citadel, which sits imposingly above the town.

If the old town is the hub of the Alanya tourist industry, then the beaches are without doubt its heart. Home to two beautiful and sandy beaches, there is a wide selection of activities and watersports available including fishing and windsurfing for the more active visitors. Away from the popular beach area, more sedate activities such as walking and hiking can be found throughout the slopes and hillsides of the Taurus Mountains which overlook Alanya.

There has been an increase in demand for property in Alanya over the course of the past couple of years, however prices in the region are still attractive for people seeking to purchase holiday or investment properties. With Turkey still offering a relatively low cost of living, it’s easy to see why so many people have chosen to purchase in the region in recent times. With the Turkish economy seemingly going from strength to strength, buying property in Alanya seems worthy of consideration at present, especially given that falling prices of property in other more traditional property markets.

New figures released this week from the Turkey statistical Institute (Turkstat), have shown that the Turkish economy grew by an incredible 11.7% for the first quarter of 2010. Placing Turkey is second only to China in terms of growth, the figures are yet more positive news for people looking to invest in the rapidly expanding Turkish real estate market.

Over the course of the past 18 months we have seen a considerable increase in demand for property in Turkey, with people seeking to purchase not only in the popular Aegean and Mediterranean resorts, but also in the capital city of Istanbul. The lower prices of property in Turkey, coupled with the lower cost of living have combined to increase Turkey’s overall appeal to people seeking to buy property for second home or investment purposes.

Situated on Turkey’s picturesque Mediterranean coast, the beautiful harbour town of Fethiye is today one of Turkey’s most popular tourist destinations. A quaint town, which has retained much of its original charm, Fethiye has evolved into a thriving and popular tourist destination over the course of the past ten years.

With access to Fethiye now made easier through the opening of the Dalaman International airport, the region has seen a huge influx of tourist visitors over the course of the past two years. Inevitably this has led to a large increase in demand for property in Fethiye and the surrounding regions of Olu Deniz, Hisaronu and Gocek.

For visitors, there is a wide range of activities on offer in and around the Fethiye region. For beach lovers, the legendary lagoon Olu Deniz is home to one of Turkey’s finest, and most popular beaches. Adorning the cover of 1000 picture postcards, the beach at Olu Deniz is truly spectacular. For the more active visitor, the hills surrounding Fethiye provide some world-class hiking trails, taking walkers through the picturesque foothills of Mount Mendos and the Taurus Mountains beyond. Once the sun goes down, Fethiye is home to some superb restaurants and bars. In particular, the popular ‘old town’ region, with its quaint, winding alleyways, is where you easily pass away the hours and watch the world go by.

Understandably, the growth in tourism has resulted in a large increase in demand for property in Fethiye, as investors seek to capitalise on the increased opportunity generated by higher rental demand. With property in Fethiye still relatively cheap in comparison with a number of other major resorts throughout southern Turkey, the opportunity for long-term capital appreciation is considerable.

Over the course of the past 12 months, the Egyptian property market has seen considerable expansion, especially throughout the red Sea resorts such as Sharm El Sheikh, Hurghada and Marsa Alam. This is all the more surprising given the more challenging global economic climate, which has seen traditional corporate property markets such as Spain, Cyprus, France and Dubai experience considerable drops in demand for property.

The increasing demand for real estate in Egypt is undoubtedly driven by the country’s thriving tourism industry. Over the past two years an increasing number of budget airlines have started to offer a wide range of low-cost flights to destinations throughout the Red Sea region from the UK. This has resulted in a large number of people visiting the region for the first time, as they look for alternatives to the more expensive Eurozone destinations.

As with so many emerging property markets, this growth in tourism has led to an inevitable increase in demand for property in Egypt. Only last week, Credit Suisse, the leading European investment bank stated that they expected Egyptian property stocks outperform those throughout the rest of the Middle East and North Africa in 2010.

For more information on Egypt real estate, why not visit our main site at www.offplanworld.tv, where we offer a wide range of apartments and villas for sale throughout Egypt.

Following the launch of the new Thorna Bay property development in Barraciloa, Sri Lanka, we’ve received a number of enquiries and posts from users requesting more information on the opportunities for property investment in Sri Lanka.

At present, this is not something we have written about in detail on either the blog or the main site, but we are currently speaking with a number of parties to put together some more detailed information for you shortly.

We apologise for the delay in getting information over to the interested parties, but in the meantime, there is a lot of very interesting information to be found on the Sri Lanka tourism website.