Syrian conflict fuels hotel boom in Turkey border province
By Fulya Ozerkan (AFP) – 12 hours ago
ANTAKYA — The Syrian conflict has largely driven tourists away from Turkey's border province of Antakya, but hotels are full due to an influx of journalists that some say is too good to last.
"Hotels are making profits out of the Syrian crisis. We are currently 70 to 80 percent full even on the worst day," said Evren Hamasoglu, chief receptionist at a hotel in the province that forms the western-most part of the Turkish-Syrian border.
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