Israeli tourism to Turkey off 59% in first five months of 2011
I'm amazed that any Israelis are still going to Turkey. Israeli tourism to Turkey is down 59% year over year during the first five months of 2011 (the first flotilla incident took place on May 31, 2010) (Hat Tip: Joshua I). The number of Israeli tourists visiting Turkey between January and May this year decreased by about 59 percent compared to the same period last year, according to data published by the Tourism Ministry.In 2009, fewer Israelis visited Turkey in response to Prime Minister Erdogan's temper tantrum directed at Israeli President Shimon Peres in Davos in January of that year.
The figure stands in stark contrast to last year, when figures showed a 133 percent increase over the same time period in 2009.
About 30,000 tourists from Israel visited Turkey in the first five months of the year, compared to the 72,500 Israeli tourists who came to Turkey during the same period in 2010. The decrease was even sharper for May, when only 6,417 tourists from Israel came to Turkey, compared to 18,295 in the same month last year.
Labels: Israeli tourism, Mavi Marmara, Turkey, Turkish obsession with Israel
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 7:34 AM
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