MOSCOW, 6 Mar RIA Novosti/Prime. The number of Russian tourists visiting the Mediterranean region Antalya, in the first two months of 2015 decreased by 41% compared with the same period last year to 21 thousand people, the dynamics is much larger than the total decrease in the number of tourists in this area, which amounted to 2, 9%, informs portal antalyatoday.
according to the received information of the Association of hoteliers and investors in the Mediterranean region (AKTOB), such a significant decrease in the number of Russian citizens in the popular Turkish resort has the opportunity to be associated with the difficult economic situation in the Russian Federation.
the message is the opinion of the head of the Federation of Turkish hoteliers Osman SAHO, who believes that the ongoing economic crisis will affect, of course, the summer tourist season, though not undertake to predict what exactly will be reduced.
Approximately 234 thousand tourists visited Antalya in January and February 2015, 2, 9% less than the same period last year, reported AKTOB 4 March. The number of Russian tourists visiting Antalya, decreased from 36 thousand for the first two months of 2014 to 21 thousand in January and February of this year, reported the Association.
The greatest decrease was observed among tourists from France (70%), Denmark (51%), Russia (41%), Israel (35%), Sweden (30%), Ukraine (25%), the UK (17%) and Austria (13%).
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