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Turkey Wildfires Are the Worst Ever – Experts Say It’s Only the Beginning

2021-07-31 by Phil Butler

1500 hectares burn

Wildfires are ravaging areas of southern Turkey. According to the reports, unprecedented fires have forced tourists and locals to evacuate.

Tags: Antalya, European Space Imagine, fires, forecasts, global warming, heatwave, Mugla, Turkey, Turkey tourism, Turkey weather, Turkey wildfires, visit turkey, weather, weather warnings, WMO

Turkey Opens 2,900-year-old Altintepe Fortress to Tourists

2020-11-26 by Argophilia Travel News

Altintepe

Visitors to eastern Turkey will now be able to experience the amazing 2,900-year-old ruins of Altintepe Fortress.

Tags: Altintepe Fortress, Byzantine Empire, Roman, Roman Empire, Turkey archaeology, Turkey attractions, Turkey tourism

Jet2 Adds Hundreds of Flights to Greece, Turkey, and Portugal

2020-08-28 by Argophilia Travel News

Jet2.com & Jet2holidays

Jet2 has just announced having added over 500 new flights (representing almost 100,000 seats) to Greece, Portugal, and Turkey.

Tags: airlines, crete, Greece flights, Greece tourism, Jet2, Jet2Holidays, Portugal travel, travel deals, Turkey tourism, UK travelers

The 2019 Uzakrota Travel Summit Will Welcome 4,000 Leaders of Tourism

2019-05-23 by Aleksandr Shatskih

The 6th Uzakrota Travel Summit will take place at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus in Istanbul on 13 December, 2019.

Tags: Atlasglobal, Emirates Airline, Hilton Istanbul, Istanbul travel summit, KYhub, Turkey events, Turkey tourism, Turkey Travel, Uzakrota, Uzakrota Summit, Uzakrota Summit 2019

Crete Rakes in 1/3 of All Greek Tourism: But Beware a Foreboding

2018-12-26 by Phil Butler

Over tourism

The island of Crete experienced a stellar tourism season for 2018 with roughly €5 billion euro being spent from January through October, according to figures from the Bank of Greece. Overall, Greece saw travel receipts exceed €15.6 billion, which is an increase of 9.9%, compared to the same period of 2017 and is primarily due […]

Tags: Bank of Greece, crete, Crete tourism, Crete tours, Egypt tours, Greece tourism, Greek tourism, INSETE, SETE, TUI, Turkey tourism

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