The population of Ölüdeniz Town, with a population of 6 thousand, which was chosen as the “Most Beautiful Beach in the World” in the survey organized by Bild newspaper, reaches 50 thousand in the summer season.

Tourism professionals are experiencing the joy of coming first in the Ölüdeniz town of Muğla’s Fethiye district, which received the highest votes in the World’s Most Beautiful Beach competition launched online by Bild, the newspaper with the highest circulation in Germany.

The town is quite developed in terms of tourism. It is known as the land of light and sun among the Lycians and as the “Far Land” in the Middle Ages. It is located on the Teke Peninsula in the southwest of Anatolia. It is one of the abalone (lagoon) formations in Turkey.

Ölüdeniz, as its name suggests, is a calm lake. While the shores of Belceğiz are struggling with waves on the stormiest days, only turbulence occurs in Ölüdeniz.

However, Ölüdeniz, which seems stagnant, renews itself almost every day for three invisible reasons. The first of these is that the intense spring water outlets in Ölüdeniz create a current from the bottom towards the open sea. Secondly, due to the salt difference created by these spring waters, there is a continuous circulation from the open sea in and out. Thirdly, the sea rises and falls by an average of half a meter every two or three days due to the tidal effect.

This provides a large amount of sea water inflow and outflow.

BLUE FLAG BEACHES IN ÖLÜDENİZThere are 3 blue flag beaches in Ölüdeniz, 2 of which belong to hotels. Kumburnu Nature Park, which was awarded the Blue Flag in 2005 and is operated by a company established within the Muğla Governorship Special Administration, is the beach that attracts the most attention from tourists and is called “Blue Lagun”.

In accordance with a decision taken in May 2000, boats are not allowed to enter the beach for protection purposes.

The beach of Kumburnu Nature Park is protected at a distance of 100 meters to ensure that this area remains clean at all times. Waste entering this distance is immediately cleaned by staff.

PARACHUTE ENJOYMENT IN ÖLÜDENİZ Tourists who come to Ölüdeniz for a holiday jump with a paraglider from Babadağ, at an altitude of 1,970 meters, to see the natural beauties of Ölüdeniz and the sea from the sky. Tourists who want to jump from Babadağ pay approximately 150 YTL per person to the companies that organize jumping tours.

Some of the tourists perform their marriage ceremonies while paragliding.