High hopes that 観光旅行,事業 will 安定した Turkey's economy

By Ceyda Caglayan

ISTANBUL, Feb 14 (Reuters) - 観光旅行,事業 in Turkey is 始める,決める to return to 近づく pre-pandemic levels this year, 上げるing the 危機-攻撃する,衝突する economy with the help of a 最近の 通貨 衝突,墜落 that has made it a more attractive 目的地 than ever, 産業 公式の/役人s say.

にもかかわらず the high hopes, hotel and 観光旅行,事業 公式の/役人s 警告するd that sharp rises in 公共事業(料金)/有用性s, food and 行う costs will 限界 利益(をあげる)s and broader 利益s for an economy 動揺させるd by インフレーション 急に上がるing to a 20-year high.

The high season starts in May for Turkey's Mediterranean and Aegean beaches and historic treasures.

Europeans 特に are already 調書をとる/予約するing trips in good news for 大統領 Tayyip Erdogan's 政府, which has 可決する・採択するd a 広範囲にわたる new 経済的な 政策 relying ひどく on foreign income to 抑制(する) the 経常収支 赤字.

"早期に bookings started with high 速度(を上げる). We've got strong bookings 特に from Britain. They're almost in line with 2019," said Turkish Hoteliers 連合 副/悪徳行為 議長,司会を務める Bulent Bulbuloglu.

He said 早期に bookings 伝統的に start with Britons and are taken as a 言及/関連 for the season, with strong 需要・要求する also 推定する/予想するd from other European countries, Russia and Central Asia.

Foreign arrivals in Antalya, の中で Turkey's most popular holiday 目的地s, totalled 117,818 in January, matching the 2019 level, data showed.

But a その上の escalation of the Russia-ウクライナ共和国 危機 may 提起する/ポーズをとる some 危険 for the season, Bulbuloglu 追加するd.

"We get good signals from Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and the Scandinavian market too... Turkey has become a 目的地 where 訪問者s can have the most affordable holidays with their own 通貨s. It is now a 楽園 for foreigners."

The リラ 弱めるd 44% against the dollar last year and all-inclusive 取引,協定s make Turkey even cheaper.

'SERIOUS PROBLEMS' WITH COSTS

"A five-星/主役にする hotel's 普通の/平均(する) price per night is around 70 euros in Turkey, 反して it is ar ound 200 euros in Spain," said Turkish 観光旅行,事業 投資家s' 協会 長,率いる Oya Narin.

大蔵大臣 Nureddin Nebati last week 予測(する) 観光旅行,事業 歳入s of $34.5 billion this year, up from 2021's $24.5 billion. They were $34.5 billion in 2019.

Erdogan's new 経済的な 政策 目的(とする)s to 削減(する) インフレーション by creating a 経常収支 黒字/過剰, with 観光旅行,事業 歳入s a 重要な factor.

"It seems we will 達成する the $34-$35 billion 的. But 歳入s are not enough themselves. There is also the costs angle," said Narin.

She said foreign arrivals will be 近づく 2019 levels, or just 10% below, but making a 利益(をあげる) 事柄s more to the 産業 than how many millions come.

"We have serious problems with the course of our costs. We are 直面するing はびこる cost 増加するs regarding electricity, gas and other costs," Narin said.

Turkey's 年次の インフレーション 攻撃する,衝突する 48.69% in January.

Ulkay Atmaca, general 経営者/支配人 of Innvista Hotel Belek in Antalya, said he had to 増加する prices by 42% for this season but still cannot 補償する for the rising costs.

Hotel 協会 of Turkey 長,率いる Muberra Eresin said sharp cost 増加するs were eroding 産業 利ざやs, with costs rising 60%-65% in just one month.

"We have already 調印するd 契約s with 操作者s and 始める,決める our prices. It's not possible to 反映する all these 付加 costs on our prices now," she said. (令状ing by Ceyda Caglayan Editing by Jonathan Spicer, Daren Butler and Nick Macfie)

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