More Than A Million Extra Tourists Can Come With Visa Exemption

More Than A Million Extra Tourists Can Come With Visa Exemption

5.7 million tourists visiting Turkey in 2019 in Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain, and United Kingdom citizens are now able to come to Turkey without visas. Tourism industry representatives expressed that while a rapid rise in the number of tourists from these countries, Poland has stated that the move to organize additional flights to Turkey. Turkey has decided to introduce unilateral visa exemptions for 6 countries in Europe. Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hami Aksoy,” European Union Schengen zone members Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Poland, and the United Kingdom citizens, 2 March 2020 from Turkey will perform tourist purposes for travel every 180 days for 90 days visa exemption has been agreed, " he said. This decision was welcomed with joy in the tourism community. In particular, visa exemption countries in Europe and Turkey to send a lot of tourists to be happy to be noted that the tourism sector representatives, the decision taken to increase the number of tourists from these countries, he said. 5.7 MILLION PEOPLE CAME Turkey hosted 45 million foreign tourists last year, while about 5.7 million came from visa-free countries. In 2019, 2.5 million tourists came from the UK, 1.1 million from the Netherlands, 880 thousand from Poland, 557 thousand from Belgium, 401 thousand from Austria and 257 thousand from Spain. The total number of tourists from European countries exceeded 20 million. THEY WERE PAYING $ 35 Tourists from these countries pay an average of 35 dollars per person for visas pointed out that Turkey hoteliers Federation President Sururi Çorabatır, “when a family of 4 people paid for the visa fee was over 100 dollars. Now they will no longer pay those fees for visas. We are also pleased that these countries have been chosen. Along with countries that have been sending tourists to Turkey for many years, there are also countries with high potential such as Poland. May and April flights from Poland are already being planned. The effects of Thomas Cook, the bankrupt British tour operator, could also be mitigated. Close to 6 million tourists had arrived from these countries in 2019. With this decision, the number of tourists will rise much faster. There could be a million increases at a time,” he said.