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Turkey’s tourism agencies launch early booking campaign for 2022
Turkey's tourism agencies launched on Friday an early booking campaign aimed at providing "attractive and affordable prices" for the 2022 tourism season.
The announcement came at a tourism congress organized by the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB) in Turkey's Mediterranean Antalya Province.
Firuz Baglikaya, head of TURSAB, said at the congress that the campaign would be valid for a wide range of tourism forms and not only sea-sand-sun tourism, which has been the dominant type of tourism in Turkey.
Mert Vardar, CEO of Jolly Tour, said that Turkey's domestic market would get much benefit from the campaign, as the expectations for 2022 in terms of attracting foreign tourists are much higher than 2021.
Kaan Karayal, head of tatilsepeti.com, an online booking system, said early reservation had lost its popularity amid the pandemic for two years, but now it has become important again.
The discounted rates will end toward the beginning of the new tourism season, according to insiders working in the sector.
The tourism season in Turkey usually starts in May and ends after the summer months.
The number of foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2021 is up to 86 percent from the same period in 2020 and hit 17.6 million in Turkey, according to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.
In 2019, Turkey's tourist revenue hit a record $34.5 billion generated from the arrival of more than 45 million foreign visitors.
However, tourism plummeted by more than 65 percent in 2020 due to travel restrictions, but rebounded in 2021, with an increase in vaccination against COVID-19 around the world.
The announcement came at a tourism congress organized by the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB) in Turkey's Mediterranean Antalya Province.
Firuz Baglikaya, head of TURSAB, said at the congress that the campaign would be valid for a wide range of tourism forms and not only sea-sand-sun tourism, which has been the dominant type of tourism in Turkey.
Mert Vardar, CEO of Jolly Tour, said that Turkey's domestic market would get much benefit from the campaign, as the expectations for 2022 in terms of attracting foreign tourists are much higher than 2021.
Kaan Karayal, head of tatilsepeti.com, an online booking system, said early reservation had lost its popularity amid the pandemic for two years, but now it has become important again.
The discounted rates will end toward the beginning of the new tourism season, according to insiders working in the sector.
The tourism season in Turkey usually starts in May and ends after the summer months.
The number of foreign visitors during the first nine months of 2021 is up to 86 percent from the same period in 2020 and hit 17.6 million in Turkey, according to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.
In 2019, Turkey's tourist revenue hit a record $34.5 billion generated from the arrival of more than 45 million foreign visitors.
However, tourism plummeted by more than 65 percent in 2020 due to travel restrictions, but rebounded in 2021, with an increase in vaccination against COVID-19 around the world.
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