Turkey expects four million fewer tourists from Russia

Flag of Turkey (Photo: Jan Gruber).
Flag of Turkey (Photo: Jan Gruber).

Turkey expects four million fewer tourists from Russia

Flag of Turkey (Photo: Jan Gruber).
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In Turkey, it is assumed that around four million fewer tourists from the Russian Federation will spend their holidays in the Bosporus State. This has a strong impact on local tourism, because it is difficult to compensate for the loss.

Although Turkey is generally very popular again this year, it is considered unlikely that the loss of Russian tourists can be compensated for. In addition, the Ukraine is an important source market and due to the war it is unlikely that many Ukrainians will spend their holidays in Turkey.

In the last few weeks, flight connections from Germany to Turkey, for example, have been greatly expanded. They try to position themselves as a cheaper alternative to Greece and Spain. To put it simply: About the cheap rail Turkey is trying to compensate as much as possible for losses suffered as a result of the Russian Federation's military attack on Ukraine.

At the same time, solutions are being worked on that should lead to charter flights from Russia to Antalya being able to be carried out. You want to go with me a new airline ensure that existing carriers are not potentially subject to sanctions. Turkey is considered to be heavily dependent on tourism.

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René Steuer is an editor at Aviation.Direct and specializes in tourism and regional aviation. Before that, he worked for AviationNetOnline (formerly Austrian Aviation Net), among others.
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