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Ankara not expects fall in number of Russian tourists

22 February 2016 14:20 (UTC+04:00)
Ankara not expects fall in number of Russian  tourists

The crisis in Ankara-Moscow relations will not lead to decrease in the number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on February. 22, TRT Haber TV channel reported.

He said this is not the first year, when Russian tourists visit Turkey. Turkey will make every effort to increase the number of tourists visiting the country, according to the prime minister.

The number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey’s resort province of Antalya in January 2016, decreased by 81.14 percent compared to January 2015.

As many as 2,427 Russian tourists visited Antalya in January 2016.

The number of German tourists visiting Antalya dropped by 16 percent and stood at 44,262 in January 2016.

This is while the number of tourists from Israel visiting this resort province increased by 122 percent during the year, and totalled 4,475 in January 2016.

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