Israelis still won't visit Turkey
Out of just over 500 respondents, 83 percent said they have no intention of vacationing in Turkey over the summer, with nearly half citing the uncertainty of the future of Israel-Turkey relations as their reason. Two-thirds said they simply weren’t interested in Turkey as a destination, regardless of strained relations following the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident.
The Meida Shivuki C.I. survey’s findings ran contrary to projections by Israeli and Turkish travel companies who, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s apology to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan last month, expected Israelis to flood back to Turkish resorts.
“After the apology, I think we’ll reach 500,000 [Israeli] tourists this year,” AFP quoted Timur Bayindir, president of the Association of Hotel Owners in Turkey, saying last month after the rapprochement was announced.
Out of the people surveyed, only one had booked a ticket to Turkey this summer. Heh.In 2008, just before relations between Ankara and Jerusalem began to sour, approximately 560,000 Israelis flocked to Turkey, particularly the beachside resorts of Antalya and Bodrum, according to Israeli tourism statistics.
Labels: Israeli tourism, Turkish obsession with Israel
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:21 AM
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An Americans are forgoing visits to Egypt too.
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