Turkey Hopes to Welcome 3 Million Germans in Second Half of 2021

Turkey’s rapid vaccination along with the decrease in the number of new COVID-19 cases have once again put the country among the most attractive and healthiest travel destinations. With the lifting of travel restrictions on Turkey by Germany, tourism professionals in the country are expecting around 3 million German vacationers to visit this year.

They pointed out that Germany will lead similar easing of restrictions by other European countries and that those who still have a ban on Turkey travels, namely the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, would probably lift the bans within the next two to three weeks.

According to Turkey’s tourism representatives who cite data and research results, Turkey has already surpassed major European tourist destinations like Spain, Italy and Greece in terms of demand from German vacationers.

Turkish Travel Agencies Association (TÜRSAB) Chairperson Firuz Bağlıkaya told Turkish Sabah daily that while the number of visitors from Germany to Turkey was 1.8 million in the first six months of 2019, some 3.2 million Germans came in the second half of that year.

Germany on Thursday lifted the general international travel warnings for 80 countries, including Turkey, which it had previously declared “risky” due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

In a statement made by the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was said that the general travel warning dated March 17, 2020, for the regions declared “at risk” due to COVID-19 has been lifted as of July 1 for regions with less than 200 cases per 100,000 people per week.

Source: The ToysMatrix