The Turkish hospitality industry has turned its attention to tiny houses as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged tourism and travellers’ fear of crowds and big hotels increased, France 24 reported on Wednesday.
Tiny house manufacturer YAKO Group saw customer orders jump 20-fold in 2020 from the previous year after receiving “sporadic orders” when they introduced the concept four years ago, chief executive Galip Ölmez said.
The houses are “the future of tourism in Turkey”, he said.
Most of the demand for the houses comes from tourism investors looking to create camping concepts, architect Pelin Düştegör said. Her company Casa Lokomotif received 4,500 orders a month in 2020 compared with 250 in all of 2019,” she told Agence…