Tourism in Turkey 2021 and the challenges of Corona

Tourism in Turkey is one of the pillars of the Turkish economy and its components, and one of the most important features of attraction for foreign investments. Therefore, Turkey has been striving for two decades to appear as the most desirable tourist face in the region, for Arabs and foreigners, even with the Corona epidemic sweeping the world last year and its continuing rebound this year. Turkey had a clear imprint in trying to neutralize tourism from the effects of the epidemic as much as possible. 

The tourist season in Turkey will start with the beginning of summer clearly, and until that time ... What has Turkey prepared to protect the tourism sector from the danger of Corona? 

Read this article to know the details of that

When does the tourism season start in Turkey this year?

Turkey’s doors are open all year round for internal and external tourists, and each season has its own components for tourism, but the real season of tourism “that is, the peak” in the summer because it is the season of vacations and family holidays, and most people can take various tourist trips and tours, for a relatively long period, and visit Vital and tourist facilities, and doing a lot of tourist activities and spending the most enjoyable times 

Annually... Between the fifth and ninth months of each year, the tourist resorts in Turkey are preparing to receive the influx of foreign tourists it, and are preparing to cover all their needs and requirements for enjoying their tourist vacation.

The challenges posed by the Coronavirus on tourism

The tourism sector in Turkey, like any other country, has suffered from the repercussions of the impact of the Coronavirus, as preventive measures have increased, and the ability of many people to travel for fear of the epidemic has decreased, of course, at the beginning of its spread, but this situation did not last long as the last tourist season began On-time in Turkey under the "safe tourism in Turkey" measures. Among the challenges posed by the spread of the Coronavirus to the tourism sector:

• Increasing the procedures and measures necessary for travel and obtaining a flight reservation, especially since conducting a PCR examination for Corona and obtaining a negative result has become a mandatory condition for every foreigner wishing to travel to Turkey

• There are days and hours designated for a curfew in Turkey, although tourists are excluded from them, the restriction of movement and the procedures followed in these times remain annoying for the tourist coming to Turkey to enjoy his tour and change the atmosphere.

• The number of flights decreased significantly at the beginning of the spread of the virus last year, and the air sector is still somewhat affected by this epidemic.

• Impact on hotel reservations, tour operators, and all economic activities directly related to tourism in Turkey.

• Social distancing measures hinder the opportunity for large tourist trips en masse.

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Turkish measures for the success of tourism in the country

Turkey is one of the countries that woke up early to the importance of neutralizing tourism as much as possible from the measures taken to combat the Coronavirus,

He took many measures that helped to ensure the safety of public health, as well as open the way for exceptions for foreign tourists, and the measures for the success of tourism in Turkey during the period of the spread of Corona are summarized in the following points:

• Imposing a PCR examination for all travelers to Turkey 72 hours in advance as a condition for obtaining a flight reservation

• Obligating travelers to Turkey to fill out the entry form, and thus the traveler receives a health code through which he can monitor his health status with regard to infection with the Coronavirus, or his contact with infected people, and ease of communication with him in any case of this type.

• The requirement to have a valid health code while entering the official departments in Turkey or commercial malls, cafes, restaurants, and many areas visited by tourists, and even internal transportation, which provided a suitable atmosphere for safe tourism.

• Imposing strict conditions regarding health safety standards and combating the Coronavirus on hotels and tourist resorts.

• Excluding Arab and foreign tourists in Turkey from daily or weekly curfews and closures in any of the Turkish states

• Turkey has started many measures and unremitting efforts to restore the pre-Corona tourist atmosphere, by holding talks between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Turkey with 70 countries, including Germany, Britain, Japan, the Czech Republic, and Russia, with the aim of increasing attracting and encouraging foreign tourists.

• The medical tourism sector has regained its activity early since the summer of 2020, and this achievement was crowned with the opening of the Medical City in Basaksehir.

The role of tourism in the Turkish economy

Tourism in Turkey plays a prominent role in the country's economy and is classified as a major source of income for the Turkish budget, which prompted Turkey to alert early on the importance of the safety of the tourism sector in this critical period that the whole world is going through, not only Turkey.

Turkish statistics have reported a significant decline in the number of foreign tourists in 2020 to the range of 16 million foreign tourists, in contrast to expectations that the number of foreign tourists will increase in 2021 to about 34 million, It is noteworthy that foreign tourists constitute about 80% of tourism revenues in Turkey, corresponding to only 20% coming from the spending of local tourists. 

Therefore, the urgent need is shown by the Turkish economy to recover the tourism sector and move its wheel in an orderly and unobstructed manner, especially since Turkey is the eighth country in the world from The aspect of attractiveness for foreign tourists, and it represents the most prominent sector in achieving direct and quick returns to the Turkish treasury. 

The tourism sector is also linked to many other economic sectors and affects them. Most foreign investments are the result of a previous turnout for foreign tourists, as well as work, study, trade, real estate ownership, and other sectors Economic and since we are talking in our blog mainly about real estate in Turkey, we will study the interrelationship between tourism and the real estate sector in Turkey in the next paragraph of this article.

The interrelationship between tourism and real estate investment in Turkey

The real estate sector depends on tourism in Turkey in several ways, especially in terms of the presence of foreign buyers, closely familiarizing them with the real estate market in Turkey, and getting to know the details of real estate ownership accurately. 

Therefore, the increase in the percentage of tourists automatically leads to an increase in the number of real estate sales to foreigners in Turkey, where these two lines are commensurate with each other is expulsion, and we noticed this clearly during the period of the spread of the Coronavirus in Turkey,

Even before 2020, the idea of"real estate tourism" was widely popular, especially after the facilities provided to foreigners to obtain real estate residence in Turkey or obtain Turkish citizenship in exchange for real estate ownership worth at least 250 thousand dollars. 

We can define real estate tourism as:

The process of the tourist buying real estate “residential or commercial” in a country other than his home country, investing it, and benefiting from the monthly and annual returns from it.

The tourist may use his home to invest in periods when he is not in Turkey, such as renting it, and when he visits Turkey in the tourist season, he spends his tourist trip staying at his home. The low costs of tourism in Turkey, and the relatively low real estate prices compared to European and American real estate have helped spread and popularize the idea Real estate tourism has increased significantly over the past years.

It is believed that real estate tourism will continue in Turkey during the coming period after the facilities provided by Turkey to tourists, especially with regard to excluding them from many of the procedures for Corona, as well as the continuation of flights to and from Turkey normally, with strict measures in place to maintain public safety and health and prevent the spread of the virus among travelers.

We were with you on a detailed tour about the challenges facing tourism in Turkey during this period and the related details, procedures, and information about Turkish plans for the success of the upcoming tourist season, and the extent of the interdependence between tourism and several economic sectors in Turkey, especially real estate. 

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