By Mia Taylor
From TravelPulse
As the busy summer travel season approaches, Turkey’s tourism industry is struggling to recover from the devastating earthquakes that impacted the country in February and killed more than 50,000 people.
A recent report from Reuters says the earthquake has given tourists pause when it comes to booking a vacation in the country. But revenue from the industry is especially critical at a time when the country is seeking to tackle a $48.8 billion deficit.
Hotel bookings of two nights or more in Istanbul were down 7 percent compared to 2019 in the weeks leading up to the earthquakes. But now that figure has increased to 31 percent below 2019 levels, according to research from ForwardKeys, reported by Reuters….