Sunday, March 23, 2025
Turkey’s booming tourism sector, which was on track to reach a sixty five billion USD revenue goal for 2025, is facing a major setback as mass protests disrupt travel across the country. The early launch of the tourism season, coinciding with Ramadan Bayram (Eid al-Fitr), had been a strategic move to boost revenue, but the recent political unrest sparked by the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu has thrown the plans into chaos. Protests, especially in Istanbul, have led to severe travel restrictions, flight delays, and transportation disruptions,…
