YENİ Party lawmaker warns: ‘The 50-year-old tourism ship is starting to take on water’
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- YENİ Party lawmaker Seda Kaya Ösen said Turkish tourism faces high costs, weak demand and low profitability.
- Ösen called for a new tourism strategy covering all 81 provinces, warning that the sector is at risk.
YENİ Party Izmir lawmaker Seda Kaya Ösen warned that Turkey’s tourism sector is beginning to “take on water” after nearly 50 years of activity.
Ösen said the industry had entered a cycle of high costs, weak demand and unprofitable operations. She called on the government to address the structural problems affecting tourism.
She also urged authorities to introduce a new tourism strategy covering all 81 provinces, arguing that the sector’s continued viability is at risk.
Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.