Tourism Slumps in Turkey as US Advises Citizens to Stay Away
By Katie Beiter | The Media Line
October 25, 2016
Amidst political turmoil and attacks by Islamic State and the PKK (the Kurdish Worker’s Party) the U.S Department of State has updated its travel warning for Turkey. The surge in violence over the past 16 months by Kurdish rebels and ISIS has seriously rocked the once-booming tourist industry, cutting tourism by almost 80%, some tourism agencies say.
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