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ANKARA: Turkish tourism managers are very keen in regards to the resumption of flights between Turkey and Russia after the Turkish transportation minister introduced that the two countries have agreed to restart air travel.
Transport and Infrastructure Minister Adil Karaismailoğlu introduced the deal on July 15, however, the Russian facet stopped wanting giving a selected date on which flights will be resumed.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov stated that Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a cell name on July 13, agreed to restart flights, which had been suspended for the reason that late March as a part of the fight in opposition t the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
the two leaders have urged the critical executive our bodies to provoke talks to resume air go back and forth, Peskov mentioned, with out giving another particulars.
Tour operators, including Anex Tour, Odeon tours, Coral travel and Pegas Touristik, are planning to organize constitution flights from Russia to Turkey as of July 25.
Some tour operators have additionally applied to the flag carriers of both nations, Turkish airways and Aeroflot, to order seats.
"The Russian market, from which our country hosts the highest variety of travelers, has a strategic significance for our sector," pointed out Firuz Bağlıkaya, the president of association of Turkish commute organizations (TÜRSAB).
"We trust that eu international locations will additionally resume travel with our country quickly," he mentioned.
The Mediterranean Hoteliers and Operators affiliation (AKTOB) head Erkan Yağcı additionally mentioned that Russia is the premier market for the Turkish tourism trade.
"remaining yr, 7 million Russian tourists visited Turkey and 6 million of them arrived in Antalya," he noted, referring to the Mediterranean province, which is deemed because the heartland of touristic amenities.
"The timing of the resumption of flights is critical as we be aware of that a excessive variety of Russian travelers are looking to discuss with Antalya," he introduced.
Yağcı, who is additionally the spokesperson of Turkey Tourism promoting and development agency (TGA), additionally stated that it can be a success to reopen half of the hotels in the Mediterranean vicinity under the fallout from the pandemic restrictions.
due to the fact Turkey eased weekend lockdowns, and different restrictions on restaurants and amusement venues on June 1, the tourism trade has relied on home tourists.
Over 21,000 overseas tourists visited Antalya in June, down from 2.2 million within the same month of ultimate year, in response to the tradition and Tourism Ministry statistics. The province welcomed greater than 27,000 foreigners just within the first week of July, while Ukrainians made the majority of the figure with 10,498 trippers.
the first organizations of British tourists have arrived this week, Yağcı mentioned, including: "We predict the eu countries, peculiarly German, to lift trip warnings on Turkey this month. Our inns have secure tourism certificates, we have taken each precaution."
more than 727 hotels and about 900 restaurants utilized for a "protected Tourism certificates" that could point out that they had taken usual measures to keep away from COVID-19 infections as of conclusion June, in response to the ministry. Any hospitality facility with greater than 50 rooms is obliged to take part within the certification software.
After attracting a list variety of visitors with 51.9 million individuals in 2019, Turkey become focused on a complete of 60 million tourists in 2020 earlier than the coronavirus crisis.
The nation's tourism revenues hit $34.5 billion in 2019, a brand new list excessive, in keeping with professional data. The figure jumped 17 % closing year, up from $29.5 billion in 2018.
Courtesy: (hurriyetdailynews)
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