A popular tourist city has brought in a £21 charge as it “struggles to cope” with tourism. Since January, tourists visiting Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia have been charged £21.36 (€25) to enter the attraction after facing as many as 3.5 million tourists each and every year.
Hagia Sophia now has two separate entrances—one for Turkish citizens visiting the mosque to worship and tourists of other nationalities. The former can gain access from the entrance at Sultanahmet Square in the city, organisers say.
And the latter can gain access from the one located in front of the Fountain of Sultan Ahmet III, where a ticket booth has been set up, it has been said in a message to UK holidaymakers heading out to Turkey on their holidays.
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Visitors above the age of eight need to hold a ticket, it has also been warned. Another rule that must be kept in mind while visiting the 6th-century structure is that…