Internal and external factors behind the rise of Turkish tourism

Internal and external factors behind the rise of Turkish tourism

Statistical information indicates Turkish official to a significant rise in the volume of tourist revenue during the second quarter of this year, and to the transformation of Turkey into the sixth destination in the world in attracting tourists.

The data revealed that the Turkish Statistical Institute tourism sector achieved an increase in revenue by 7.9% during the second quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year, revenues amounted to nine billion dollars.

This is due to a number of internal and external factors, most notably the development of non-traditional tourist patterns, and incentive policies for visitors, and faltering tourism in neighboring countries.
Egyptian: new patterns of tourism, Turkey, contributed to the increase in the number of visitors (Island)

He focused Ghazwan Egyptian Vice President of the International Forum for business on the role of new patterns of tourism in raising the level of turnout to visit Turkey, pointing out that tourism differed in concept between the past and today.

Different styles
The Egyptian of the island revealed that many of the visitors to Turkey are now getting in on particular business objectives, cultural and therapeutic, and to participate in meetings and conferences and forums held throughout the year, pointing out that this form of visits exceeded the outlook for tourism as the seas and sands and landscapes.

The government reports have reported that more than ten million and 967 thousand tourists visited Turkey in the second quarter of the year, and averaged cashed all tourists, including about 818 dollars.

He said the Egyptian unrest in several countries in the region a reason to increase the targeting of tourists to Turkey, in line with indicators talked about a significant decline in the volume of tourist trips to Lebanon and Israel, as well as a significant decline in the rates of tourism in both Syria and Egypt.

He pointed out that government policies have contributed to push Turkey forward to occupies sixth in the world in attracting tourists, as the law permits to visitors from 67 nationalities to enter the country without a visa, and granted Ankara her visa at the gates of ports, air, land and naval campaign dozens of other nationalities, as well as activate the visa regime electronic business and leisure travelers.

According to the Egyptian, the services sector in the development of ports, trains, hotels and markets encouraged a lot of visitors on the preference of Turkey, as well as the privileges that Pat sector specialized services such as hospitals and medical centers offered to visitors of asylum treatment.

Iqbal Arabic
It has become the face of the most facies Arab presence in tourist areas of Turkey, after a German tourist and Russian and British.

Among the reasons for the increase of Arab tourists to Turkey, according to the same speaker, media propaganda and the spread of the Turkish drama in the Arab media, has encouraged many families Arab and Gulf specifically on the friction Turkish culture through tours.

Iraqis more Arabs to visit Turkey in 2013, followed by the Libyans and then the Saudis (Island)

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey reported that the number of Arab tourists who visited the country last year, passes away two million and 68 thousand of the 13 countries, mostly from Iraq, including more than half a million visitors.

Yemenis scored the lowest percentage among the Arab visitors by 11 thousand and 826 tourists, and occupied all of Libya (261 thousand), Saudi Arabia (234 thousand) and Lebanon (143 thousand), Algeria (118 thousand) ranks first four after Iraq.

Airlines
The airline Turkish big role in pushing tourism and attract Arabs, since those companies trips to dozens of Arab airports, including eight in Saudi Arabia, which are linked by direct flights to Trabzon and Antalya, as well as Turkish airports known of Istanbul and Ankara.

He predicted the Egyptian to go wheel to attract tourists to the front in Turkey ranges number next year, between 37 million and 38 million tourists, after reaching last year 34 million, pointing out that the opening of the airport third in Istanbul in 2017 will contribute effectively to double these numbers.

Source : Al Jazeera