Since the first of August, flights between Russia and great Britain, Tanzania and Turkey will be resumed. Ankara, according to tour operators, in anticipation of the huge flow of tourists from Russia. But on July 25 the Russian Embassy in Turkey reported that the Turkish authorities will take the necessary security measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus. Tourism will require specific documents, and to perform tests on the COVID-19, to avoid infection with coronavirus.
The only thing they can count on arriving in the country by foreigners, it is the temperature measurement. This is not enough to reduce the risk of infection. The disease is often asymptomatic, and people at this time continues to infect others.
Economist Vasily Koltashov’m sure the lack of security measures in Turkey speaks about the desire to get more tourists. The safety of people for Ankara is in third or fourth place.
“the Turkish state is now crucial to any tourists — even the sick, even healthy, but they began to spend and if only they had filled the hotels. Because it collapses a very important component of the Turkish economy,” says Koltashov.
When the Turks are making a big bet on Russia, I hope for her.
The specialist also stressed that the tourist traffic to Turkey is now very low, if compared with the 2019 year. Therefore, the Turkish authorities virtually ignore security measures, hoping to attract the tourists and foreigners. And the maximum that they are willing to do is to measure the temperature.
The Turkish economy has known better days, he said. Not only coronavirus blame for the decline, but the country’s foreign policy: aggressive play in the middle East and North African field, for example.
“After all, before there was a falling market in 2020, Turkey have already been observed devaluation of the Lira. They had already felt the competition from other countries in the sphere of tourism”, – said Koltashov.
Even if Ankara will try to ensure the safety of Russians, says an expert, it is unlikely she will succeed. The huge tourist flows at the current efforts will not be properly controlled. This can lead to new infections, or even an outbreak of the disease. Hardly anyone to take care of the health of Russians on Turkish resorts.
