Turkey: All quiet on the (south) western front
It really is all quiet in Marmaris, where I am writing this column.
After a stellar start to the season, tourist arrivals dropped off sharply in the second half of July, and most hotels are only one-half to two-thirds full.
Here’s the intro. to last week’s latest Hurriyet Daily News (HDN) column, on the latest Turkish tourism developments, with another book/movie homage :) You can read the whole thing at the HDN website. I have several points to make, and I would like to start with a few of the dozen of the comments to the column:
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