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Turkish hotels are not going to abandon the system "all inclusive"
Tuesday, 13 September 2011 21:24

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Today, in the Turkish Embassy in Russia, Celal Kilic, the Culture and Information Counsellor at the Turkish Embassy in Moscow reported, that the hotels in Turkey is not going to abandon the system "all inclusive". According to Celal Kilic, hotels in Turkey will take into account the relevance of "all inclusive" for tourists and will offer to take advantage of this system for those tourists to whom it will be necessary. This system is very popular among tourists from Russia and Germany, especially among families with children. Since the Russian tourists take first place in the number of foreign tourists in Turkey, Turkish hotels will take into account the preferences of Russian tourists and will not abandon such a popular system among them. According to preliminary estimates, the number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey in 2011, will exceed 3.5 million.

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Tourists will make political tours to Turkey
Tuesday, 13 September 2011 21:28

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According to the "Antalya today", Nicholas Wood, a former reporter of «New York Times», said, that one of the UK travel agencies offering tours to get acquainted with the political and economic life in Turkey. Is expected, that political tours will begin in November 2011, the tours will include a mandatory visit to Ankara and Istanbul, the south-eastern region of Gaziantep. It is expected, that political tours will help overcome prejudice of UK citizens in relation to Turkey as a Muslim country, and to show tourists, that Turkey is as safe, as any country in Europe.

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Turkey opens nonalcoholic hotels
Monday, 19 September 2011 15:36

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According Shahinoulu, founder of SAFFEE HOTELS, for the first time in Turkey for five years SAFFEE HOTELS will open 20 nonalcoholic hotels in Denizli, Istanbul and Mardin. These hotels will representive all standard service, but in these hotels will be illegal to drink alcohol. According to the founder of the SAFFEE HOTELS, new hotels should be in demand in a rather large category of tourists, who take care of their health.

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Turkey will pay the Russian tour operators on $ 6 thousand. For each charter

Turkish authorities will provide Russian tour operators subsidy of $ 6 thousand. For each charter flight that will carry tourists from the Russian Federation to the resorts of the country, reported the portal "Interfax-Tourism" on Friday at the Turkish Embassy in Russia.

"From 1 April to 31 May 2015 the Turkish authorities will support tourism companies in the amount of $ 6 thousand. For each charter flight, engaged in the carriage of tourists to Turkey from Russia. If a charter flight at the same time carries tourists several agencies, the amount will be divided proportionally to the number of passengers on each agency, "- said the embassy.

To obtain support for Russian travel company must apply to the General Directorate for Investment Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.

"Entries must be submitted in the following month of the implementation of flights: for flights carried out in April, the application will be submitted in May 2015 and May of flights - in June 2015," - added to the embassy.