Saturday, July 30, 2005

Greek tourists visiting Turkey rose by 40 percent this year

"Greek tourists visiting Turkey rose by 40 percent this year, Greek and Turkish tourism ministers note after meeting in Istanbul

Istanbul (ANA/A. Kourkoulas) -- The number of Greek tourists who have visited Turkey jumped by 40 percent this year, Turkey's culture and tourism minister Attila Koc and Greece's visiting tourism development minister Dimitris Avramopoulos said Saturday in Istanbul, after a meeting on the sidelines of an event organised by the Turkish Touristic Hotels and Investors Association (TUROB).

The two ministers, speaking to the press, stated their desire for investments in the tourism sector, and stressed that the two peoples 'are not only friends, they are not only trade partners, but they have shared a common history and common fate'."

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