The tourism sector, which is one of the most important resources of the Turkish economy, is living at the most serious-19 serious age since the 13 March 2020 classes, when the country’s case was announced.
Although the pandemic holidays will be lively in tourism, the country’s tourism will be experienced in 2021, and the forest fires and promising fires that occur in the Aegean tour. The effects of forest fires were overcome in a short time, but the fact that Turkey is still perceived as a “risky country” in the main tourism markets such as Germany, England and France spoiled the calculations. Although the Turkish Lira’s Euro “at least ends, the expected influx of tourists from Europe is not happening.
Eyes no longer on the EU, but on Russia
This is also the case in Turkey’s tourism. For example, Turkey, which has been one of the most sought after German and British entertainments as much as the pandemic, is now more popular with tourists from Russia and Ukraine than from European countries.
It seems to Turkish Ukrainians from the pre-pandemic period.
Erdogan thanks Putin
He also came to the meeting of the leaders of the two countries that Russia supports Turkey in tourism. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan begins with the nearly 2 hour minute at Russian President Vladimir Putin, “Especially enjoying doing more than traveling.” “said.
Most tourists come from Russia
Tourists belonging to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism stayed in July with 982 thousand who came to Turkey. 119 apparently, which is just the numbers at the beginning of last year. He was at the beginning of his 21st day with 4 million 360 thousand to visit in July.
In the January-August period of this year, 93.94 percent of the views were 14 million 70 thousand 771, according to ridiculous events. Turkey, which hosted 45 million tourists in 2019, was able to host only 12.7 million tourists in 2020 with pandemic restrictions.
The highest number of tourists in August came from Russia with 906 thousand. Germany followed with 611 thousand and Ukraine with 324 thousand. The countries in the top 5 were Bulgaria and Iran. Currently, 60-70 percent of tourism continues as the Russian market.
“Perception of Turkey” in Europe
England, one of Turkey’s leading markets in tourism, had put Turkey on the red list on May 17, 2021. Continuing its education on Turkey all summer long, England removed Turkey from the list on 18 September. Then the first British convoy landed in Antalya on September 24, 4 months later. By the end of the year, 200,000 British tourists are expected to reach Turkey.
On June 17, 2021, Turkey was included in the red list, and France included Turkey on the red list again on August 27, with the increase in the number of cases during the intervening 2 months. Turkey is not on the “safe country list” of the European Union. The EU’s list is intended for use by students for members and will not have nominations.
Tourism professionals react to Europe
Turkish tourism professionals are in talks with European countries, especially England, on double standards in tourism to Turkey. Especially ‘the focus of appreciation, which has not been completed during the summer season’, which will be made by land during the trips of England to Turkey in the countries that are in the pandemic.
President of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB), Firuz Bağlıkaya argues that England, one of its main tourism destinations, claims to have kept Turkey on the “red list” for months.
Firuz Bağlıkaya, President of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TÜRSAB)
100 million of the vaccine dose used in Turkey is guaranteed with the “Safe Tourism Certificate” used in the classics of tourism, Firuz Bağlıkaya said, “Britain’s daily case number of 23 cases is close to India, which is close to the list, and Turkey’s red flag is 23 thousand. he speaks of raising you to be on the list fairly.
“The number of German tourists dropped to 45”
It is a difficult experience due to the departure of the countries that sent the most tourists to Turkey in the last years, and the departure of those who come to Turkey for a holiday. As of July 1, 2021, Germany can be preferred to your “Risk” country by removing Turkey from the high-risk “Risk economy”.
According to the information of TÜRSAB President Bağlıkaya, the number of tourists coming to Turkey is halved, according to those who have seen the pandemic. Baglikaya, January-August in the first 8-month period coming to Turkey in the future’ 2019 seems to be the same so-called 45.
The hotel, which was located in Antalya last year due to the pandemic, could not host tourists.
Russia all cars
Many Russia will be held in Europe, the borders and travels to Turkey will continue, on June 22, the restrictions on their flights will be made in Turkey. Both in Russia, they became the countries that sent the most tourists to Turkey for the summer summer pandemic and forests of 2021.
“Europe made a dream”
Mehmet İşler, President of the Aegean Touristic Enterprises and Accommodation Association (ETIK)
The breeders of people who come to Turkey say that they stay on a serious road in the Aegean Region. “But imagine Germany and the UK. sustain with support,” says Mehmet İşler, president of the Aegean Touristic and Accommodation Association (Aegean Touristic and Accommodation Association), highlighting the very hopeful markets from the main Germany, England, Russia and Ukraine at the beginning of the season.
Mehmet İşler, who will record that they will live in Russia in the place of the Turkish economy, in the place of Central Europe and England in Russia, said, “If Aegean tourism had been German and Ukrainian until yesterday, Russians will only be living in Russia and the future of Asia will be mentioned. We won’t be able to stay because it harms the Turkish tourism that Europe has put on the market; building the dream”.
“We are sliding towards Russia”
The following words of İşler, regarding the rapid shift of Turkish tourism to the rapidly advancing geography of Russia and Asia, summarizes the future of tourism in Turkey:
“Until recently, we were not even ready to go to Russia for tourism trips in Ukraine, and now it is applicable in almost all facilities in these countries.
Aram Ekin Duran
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