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ANTALYA, Turkey
Russian tourists will head to diverse holiday destinations in Turkey this year, said the head of a hotel association on Thursday. The most important issue we talked about for years was the diversity of tourism, creating alternatives in times of [pandemic] crisis has reaped great benefits, Ulkay Atmaca, head of the Professional Hotel Managers Association of Turkey (POYD), told Anadolu Agency on Thursday. For the first time during the pandemic, we saw the Russians on holiday mega-yachts in the touristic hotspot of Bodrum on the Turkish Riviera.
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2021-04-05 11:06:06 GMT2021-04-05 19:06:06(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ISTANBUL, April 5 (Xinhua) Turkey has launched a vaccination campaign for tourism professionals to boost a vital industry heavily impacted in 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The program covers the principal players in the tourism industry, including employees of accommodation facilities and restaurants, personnel of the companies providing vehicles for tours and transfers, and tourist guides.
Over 1 million tourism industry workers will be inoculated in total as part of the plan.
Turkey began its mass nationwide vaccination program in mid-January with the Chinese-made Sinovac vaccine giving priority to the elderly, and recently the Pfizer-BioNTech jabs have been included in the program.
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