A Turkish travel analyst said he expects Greece to to attract more Turks for cruising destinations as a lower-cost means of traveling and staying in the country and that Turkey should do the same.Huriyyet Daily reports.
Despite the fact that Bodrum, one of Turkey’s hottest destinations in the southwestern province of Muğla, launched its cruise tourism season this month, Greek islands seem to be a much better place for summer destinations, stated Arif Yılmaz, an official with the Istanbul, Marmara, Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea Regions (İMEAK) Chamber of Shipping, Anatolia News Agency reported.
As Yılmaz noted, the prices over food and drinks, which were higher in Turkey than Greece, were affecting clients’ preferences. “Measures should be taken against it. The same problem will be seen in hotels, too, because there are serious differences in taxation between the two neighbors,” he said. He underlined as well that “there were enough boats, around 6,000, for daily tours. There are also 13 cooperatives and 177 boats for cruise tourism, but there is a problem with anchorage.”
He said that the coasts ought to be protected, that anchorage problems should be solved and that routes should be standardized by preparing coastal plans so as to maintain cruise tourism.
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