The number of foreign visitors going to Turkey fell 10 per cent in February, the biggest drop in a decade, amid security concerns for a country feeling the spillover effects from the war in Syria.
Turkey has been hit by a spate a bomb attacks this year, including two in Istanbul – its biggest city and traditional tourist draw – blamed on Islamic State. In January a suicide bomber blew himself up in the city’s historic heart, killing 12 German tourists.
Tourist traffic could drop further after another suicide bomber blew himself up on Istanbul’s most popular shopping thoroughfare this month, killing three Israeli tourists and an Iranian. Israel has advised its citizens visiting Turkey to leave “as soon as possible”,…
