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THE INFLUX OF TOURISTS TO ISTANBUL TURKEY
Istanbul managed to accommodate 2.9 million tourists in the first 3 months of 2022. Istanbul had welcomed 3 million tourists in the same period of 2019. Turkey Medicals said, “The occupancy rate in Istanbul hotels has approached 80 – 90 percent. In this rise, there was a large share of expatriate grandchildren in their 20s and Arabs living in Europe. Local tourists who went to Istanbul to buy gold, jewelry, wedding dresses, dowry items also filled the hotels,” was said.
Istanbul managed to erase the traces of the pandemic in the first 3 months of the year, which is called the low season, when the number of tourists is small. In the first 3 months of the year, the number of foreign tourists going to Istanbul increased by 135 percent compared to the same period last year from 1.2 million to 2.9 million.
According to the data of Istanbul Directorate of Culture and Tourism, considering the distribution of tourists coming to Istanbul by country, the number of tourists coming from Russia increased by 35 percent to 256 thousand, from Iran by 114 percent to 254 thousand, the number of visitors from Germany increased by 160 percent to 228 thousand in the first 3 months of the year. The number of arrivals from France increased by 190 percent to 115 thousand and the number from the UK increased by 700 percent to 110 thousand.
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THEY BECAME THE JUICE OF LIFE
Turkey Medicals said, “Usually students have visited Hagia Sophia, Topkapi Palace, the Bosphorus and went to have fun in the evenings. Since they are not Turkish citizens, they have been registered as German, French, Belgian tourists. Also during this period, Arab tourists living in Europe, England, France also came to Istanbul a lot. An important guest of Istanbul hotels was those who came from abroad to buy gold, jewelry, wedding dresses, dowry sets. Thanks to this, the occupancy rate in small hotels has increased to 70-80 percent. In the dead season when prices were around 20-30 euros, they became the lifeblood of Istanbul hotels.”
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PRICES ARE RISING
After waiting for a serious occupancy lives that they express in Istanbul this month, “the month of Ramadan from Europe from Arab lands such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia, after better diplomatic relations during the summer period, many tourists, the future of Russian-Ukrainian tourists to fill the place of Europeans estimate.
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There is no other Istanbul, they will come, there is both history, medical and gastronomy, everything. Small hotels that cost $20 – 30 in winter have now become $50 – 60. Five-stars were $40 – 60, now it is around $120 – 150 per night stay,” was said.
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THERE ARE POSITIVE SIGNS FROM THE US AND EUROPE
The occupancy rate, which has reached 70 percent since the last quarter of last year, has continued both in Istanbul and throughout Turkey in the first 3 months of this year. iHealth said: “Istanbul has received very positive responses from the fairs participation in this year. It is hoped to receive positive results from the second half of the year. There are positive signs in the American and European markets. It is expected that tourist arrivals from Spain and Latin America will increase noticeably, as in past years. The Iranian market accelerated with the feast of Nowruz. The vitality of the Middle East Market continues. Markets that has been in losses is the Russian and Ukrainian tourism markets will close, with other markets remains. Incoming signs confirm this expectation.”
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IT STARTS FLIGHTS AFTER 2 YEARS
Saudi Arabian Airlines Saudi is Decommissioning its flights to Istanbul after a two-year break. The first scheduled flight of Saudi will be made from the capital Riyadh and Jeddah to Istanbul Airport today. The airliner companies will also operate flights from Medina to Istanbul. Jeddah and Medina flights will be made mutually every day of the week. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday flights to Riyadh has been organized 3 days a week for choice.
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