Ukrainian tourists flock to Turkey
Thursday February 7th , 2008
More and more people from the Ukraine are spending their leisure time in Turkey, a media outlet has reported.
According to the Kyiv Post, 590,000 people from the eastern European country visited Turkey during 2007.
This is 22 per cent higher than the figure recorded a year earlier and 56 per cent more than in 2005.
The increased interest in Turkey was highlighted by numerous travel firms including Adore Tour, which said it now organised about 50 flights a week to Antalya.
Ali Altunbas, director of the firm, said this was up from about 20 flights when the business was first set up.
Meanwhile, Tatyana Shakulo of Karya Tour stated that Turkey had become a common choice of destination for Ukrainian holidaymakers.
According to research by the UN World Tourism Organisation, overall visitor numbers in the south-east European country went up by 18 per cent last year.
