by Naharnet Newsdesk almost 8 years
The U.N. World Tourism Organization signed an agreement Friday with Turkey to help the country boost its ailing tourism sector, which has suffered due to a string of bombings and a failed coup.
The Madrid-based UNWTO will provide expert advice to help the Turkish government with its communications strategy and marketing, a spokeswoman said.
The agency will also assist Turkish efforts to boost the number of direct flights from key European markets, she added.
“Turkey is absolutely important for us,” the UNWTO’s Jordanian secretary general Taleb Rifai said after he and Turkish Tourism Minister Nabi Avci signed the agreement in Madrid.
“The people of Turkey were…