Turkey gears up for Ramadan
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Tourism statistics state that last year’s official figures from the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism revealed significant growth rates of 80.34% from the UAE, 107.81% from Bahrain, 104.32% from Kuwait, and 101.0% from Qatar compared to the year before and the trend is expected to follow for this year.
In recent years, Istanbul and Bursa emerged as top cities for Arab travellers during the Ramadan season with the latter considered as this year’s preferred destination for younger Arabs. In order to boost this growing trend, Turkish Airlines has rolled out round trip fares catering to the GCC countries.
Sedat Gonulluoglu, Turkish Cultural and Information attaché in Dubai, said: “Several promotional campaigns including ‘Ramadan in Istanbul’ developed by a number of tourism operators and organizations are in full swing. This is being done to reinforce Istanbul as a destination for Muslims during the holy month. And as in previous years, we are expecting a high volume of Arab tourists to the country during this time especially Arab families.”
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