Turkey eyes travel recovery with new cruise port

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A state-of-the-art port in Istanbul with an underground terminal, a celeb chef’s restaurant and a buying centre, welcomes yet one more 5,000-passenger cruise ship, bringing additional cash to Turkey’s struggling tourism business. The goal is 1.5 million cruise passengers and 25 million guests yearly.

Hit laborious by Covid, Turkey’s tourism sector might get a shot within the arm from the income generated at Galataport, which opened in 2021 — a yr later than deliberate because of the pandemic.

The port might additionally present a lift to an economic system that has been weighed down by double-digit inflation and a forex in free fall, although the venture has drawn criticism over the destruction of historic monuments and the potential environmental impression.

Around 30 cruise ships have to date anchored at Galataport and 200 extra are anticipated by the tip of the yr, which quantities to 450,000 passengers.

(Source: AFP)

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