ANKARA
A legislative proposal by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) might pave the way to penalize tour guides who strategically steer tourists toward certain establishments for shopping or lodging, securing commissions in return from these businesses.
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As part of an overarching strategy to elevate service standards within the scope of Türkiye’s tourism targets, the regulation also envisages that guides may face expulsion from the profession, while travel agencies could be subjected to a five-year suspension for such practices.
According to a report from daily Milliyet published on Feb. 13, guides engaging in these unfair profit-making activities could receive a temporary professional suspension if they commit the same behavior twice within five years.
If authorities identify such behavior occurring three times, permanent expulsion from the profession might be imposed.
In tandem with these punitive measures, guides implicated in…
