Canakkale is enjoying the rapidly increasing interest of the local tourists coming from all over the Turkey. Although Canakkale has several impressive touristical places to visit, enough interest couldn't have been sustained for years. With the recent comprehensive investments in the Historical Gallipoli National Park and the particular interest of the Turkish Government as well as the press, Canakkale is now attracting immense interest from all over the Turkey. Every weekend tousands of people are coming to visit the impressive sites of Canakkale. In the beginning, the immense interest had caused huge traffic jams, the situatition is now slightly better with some regulations to the school trips coming all over the Turkey. The authorities claim that to extend the visit period of the school trips to the week days will mostly solve the traffic jam problem
