Turkey revives tourism targeting Asian tourists

 05-Nov-17, Xinhua Net 

Turkey will explore new markets in Asia to boost its tourism and diversify the sector which is on the path to recovery. "We aim to become one of the three tourism destinations in the world in the next ten years," said Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Numan Kurtulmus.

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He particularly explained that "long forgotten" countries of the Far East part of the world, namely China, India, South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia, will constitute a strategic market for the Turkish tourism.

Turkey generated nearly USD6 billion in 2016 from 750,000 health tourists who chose it for its low-cost treatment, particularly physiotherapy, eye surgeries or hair transplants. Turkey aims to reach a significant USD7 billion dollars in the sector in 2017, according to the Turkish Healthcare Travel Council (THTC).

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