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3/2/09

hurriyet.com: Turkish tourism to grow 10 percent in 2009

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Turkish tourism to grow 10 percent in 2009

Turkish tourism will grow 10 percent in 2009 despite the ongoing global economic crisis, said Ibrahim Yazar, a high level bureaucrat of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, on Monday.Speaking to the Anatolian Agency at a fair held in the southern province of Antalya, Yazar said "the number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey increases every year".

"The number of tourists arriving in Turkey from various European countries continues to grow annually. We are noticing a decline in the number of tourists coming from Russia, Ukraine, Belgium and the Netherlands. However, we expect a 25 percent increase in the number of tourists coming to Turkey from the Middle East in 2009. More than two million tourists from the Middle East are expected to visit Turkey in 2009," Yazar said.

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