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The popular 6th most visited city in world travel with peak 25 million visitors, Antalya, which hosted 3.5 million tourists last year due to the corona virus, expects 7 million tourists from 40 countries this year. In the sector, where the domestic market is also moving due to Eid Al Adha, the tourist’s eye is on Russia’s lifting temporary flight restrictions to Turkey, the hotels and airline Industry representatives are hoping for good news from Russia next week.
The tourist city of Antalya hosted 3.5 million tourists during the 2020 Summer season, which corona spent with virus measures. The tourism sector, which serves under the safe tourism certificate, enters the new season with the vaccination of most employees.
Antalya, which has 899 accommodation facilities certified by the Ministry of culture and Tourism, has 407 hotels and resorts with 5 stars. In Antalya, where 42 percent of the 1 million 200 thousand Ministry-certified beds in Turkey are located, the facilities are constantly inspected by independent accredited organizations.
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TARGET DOUBLE LAST YEAR
For the 2021 season, which begins with the corona virus measures, the tourist is waiting for a decision next week to lift the restriction on flights from Russia. The expectation of the tourist who makes all the preparations this year is to welcome twice as many tourists as last year.
Association of professional hotel managers, tourism employees inoculation of the decision to put Turkish tourism one step ahead of competitors, he said that this year’s expectations are in a good direction. “I think we expect a delegation from Russia in the coming weeks. It will be better if there is a positive decision from Russia on June 21. Markets in Ukraine, Poland are doing well. If the flight bans are lifted and the decisions taken by Germany are an example to Europe, we can see at least 2 times the number we caught last year, that is, 8 million tourists,” he said.
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DOMESTIC MARKET MOVING
There are ongoing holiday campaigns about prices and a strong demand from the domestic Tourism market, especially related to Eid al-Adha, we receive a strong demand from Turkish guests with vaccination. There is particular interest for Eid al-Adha. If we get rid of the corona virus, we will again experience mobility in areas such as Congress and sports tourism,” he said.
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TOURISTS FROM 40 COUNTRIES EXPECTED
Antalya City Council Tourism Group, also made an assessment about the tourist season, who stated that the course is positive as of June 01 2021. Important moves were made and the doors were opened to healthy tourists to Turkey with the requirement of PCR testing. January since October, 850 thousand tourists have come to Antalya,
Most of the Tour operators in Turkey predicted that the season will last until the end of October. Tourism activity continues. We expect serious activity from Eastern Europe. If the issue about Russia’s situation becomes clear, these are already our main market. We are waiting for holidaymakers from 40 countries to come to Antalya. This year, we expect 17-18 million tourists in Turkey and 7-8 million tourists in Antalya.
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VILLAS IN ANTALYA BEACH IS PREFERRED
The director of the 5 Star 600 room hotel in Belek region, said they experienced more intense booking traffic than last year. Management noted that they took all kinds of measures and these measures reflected positively on the number of tourists. 1 before June 40 percent of the occupancy indicating, “Our reservations are currently 70 percent full. Our guests usually prefer villas. It is much preferred because of its isolated holiday options. Our 13 villas inside our hotel are full.”
In the world famous Turkish Riviera strip stretching 800 km long, for Turkish beach front and Golf hotel villa rentals, the daily rent prices of our most preferred villas range from 17 to 25 thousand TL, she said.
All of the tourist facilities in Antalya, from lobby to rooms, from common areas to restaurants, are frequently disinfected and inspected. In buffet restaurants, guests no longer come into contact with food and receive the menu they want from the service chefs.
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