According to Birol Akman, president of the Anatolian Association of Tourism Operators, the country’s tourism industry is slowly recovering as the number of foreign visitors begins to increase. Speaking to the state-owned Anadolu Agency (AA), Akman admitted that it will no longer reach its prepandemic target of 60 million tourists this year.
If Turkey’s current arrival expansion process continues, revenues can reach $15 billion by the end of the year, provided the country is unaffected by a wave of cases.
While $15 billion in Turkey’s pocket would be wonderful news, they’re still a long way from last year’s figures. In 2019, tourism revenues reached $34. 52 billion with nearly 52 million tourists coming to the country. Year.
“Some think regulations have been easy in the Mediterranean region, but that’s not true. Inspections are under way and health measures are still in place,” he said.
Certified hotels must now provide an isolation room to those who verify COVID-19 positive. Hotels must electronically book an isolation room for 50 normal rooms. They are also not allowed to receive positive visitors to COVID-19 with others on the same ground or will have to leave at least two empty rooms next to the isolation room.
Hotels that do not comply with the new amendments will lose their safe tourism certificate and will no longer be allowed to operate during the pandemic, the ministry said.