Turkey, Iran in joint tourism moves

BTN News
Thursday, 19 May 2016

Turkish investors are likely to move into Iran and build hotels in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and Mashhad, according to Reuters.


Both countries recently signed a bilaterals pact that covers chartered and scheduled flights, joint promotional campaigns and tour packages to other countries including China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia.


The diplomatic crisis that erupted between Turkey and Russia last November when the Turkish armed forces downed a Russian jet caused Russian visits to Turkey to fall.


That contributed to a 16.5 per cent fall in Turkey’s tourism revenue in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015.

Turkey, Iran in joint tourism moves

BTN News
Thursday, 19 May 2016

Turkish investors are likely to move into Iran and build hotels in Tehran, Isfahan, Shiraz, Tabriz and Mashhad, according to Reuters.


Both countries recently signed a bilaterals pact that covers chartered and scheduled flights, joint promotional campaigns and tour packages to other countries including China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia.


The diplomatic crisis that erupted between Turkey and Russia last November when the Turkish armed forces downed a Russian jet caused Russian visits to Turkey to fall.


That contributed to a 16.5 per cent fall in Turkey’s tourism revenue in the first quarter of 2016 compared to the same period of 2015.