Saturday, September 6, 2014

Turkey waiting for the flow of Israeli tourists after the apology Tel Aviv

Turkish tourism official confirms that Israeli tourism to Turkey would be active again after the submission of Netanyahu's apology to the Turkish state, Valaraqil set previously began to fade, and expected to come close to the number of arrivals from Ankara limits of 500 thousand Israeli tourists starting this year.

Istanbul: after the Israeli prime minister's apology for the killing of nine Turks in a raid on an Israeli army for the humanitarian aid flotilla heading to Gaza began in 2010, the hotel industry and travel Turkish dreamed of restoring his relationship with former idealism with Israeli tourists, who want to make sure that once Turkey would welcome them.


The show Timor Baendeir optimistic in this regard. The head of the Turkish Union of hoteliers and tourism bodies believe that an apology made ​​by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the March 22 / March to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan "lift obstacles" in front of the delegations of Israeli tourists to Turkey.


"After these apologies I think we Snqterb limits of 500 thousand tourists (Israeli) as of this year." And confirms the President of the Federation and travel agencies in Turkey Basharan Ulusoy enthusiastically that "the cooperation between the two countries will return the forerunner of his term. With the process of improving (relations) are still concerns of the Israeli people", in an interview with the newspaper the morning of the pro-government.


Normalization of tourist
Goal than to say the two men is clear: a return to the standard numbers of tourists to the delegations, which prevailed before the Turkish-Israeli dispute, where the Israeli tourists prefer to go to the facilities in the Mediterranean coast of Turkey.



In 2008, 558 thousand tourists visited the Israeli Turkey, which was the first destination, particularly the city of Antalya (South) Coastal, which lies 650 km flight from Tel Aviv. But the policy has paralyzed the sector in two phases.


Because the responses to acute Erdogan, emanating from the Islamic movement, and the Israeli military operation "Cast Lead" in the Gaza Strip between December / December 2008 and January 2009 led to an Israeli resentment of Turkey, and called on the unions to the core region. The result was the delegations of more than 312 thousand Israeli tourists to the beaches of Turkey in 2009.


On May 31, 2010 Israeli commando squad attacked a fleet transports humanitarian aid sought to break the siege on the Gaza Strip, killing nine Turkish activists. Received Ankara to expel the Israeli ambassador and suspension of military cooperation with angry crowds burned Israeli flags in a number of Turkish cities.


Politics shrinking delegations
Since then turned their backs Israeli tourists to Turkey, and their number is limited to 110 thousand in 2010, and 79 thousand in 2011, 84 thousand in 2012.



However apology Netanyahu resumed travel agencies activities between the eastern shores Almtostitin. The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Flying Carpet Travel, a leading travel Israelis to Turkey, Eyal Khdan, told AFP, "before the apologies were given priority for Greece and Bulgaria, but since last week we started to make our efforts to promote the destinations of Turkey."


Kitchens are similar
"In fact, the preference of customers (the Israelis) Turkish destinations and hotels, thanks to the luxury hotels and package tours formats and see that Turkish cuisine from the kitchen of a nearby Israeli."



But the businessman remained cautious. He said: "I think that customers need more time to improve their sense that they are welcome," with the Turkish people.


The head of the agency in charge of marketing Zimmet for the promotion of Turkey in Israel "should reassure the Israelis to 100% that nothing feared that visited Turkey." He added that Ankara's current position does not remove all fears.


He added that "Erdogan's remarks are still common acute uncertainty about the prosecutions launched in Turkey against the perpetrators of the attack in 2010." He continued, "there is still a long way before clarifying everything between the two countries."

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