Decline in Turkish Tourism

[Jacqui Harvey]

Seems to be Methol,  I read on T.A. this week of someone who used the beach every day a couple of weeks ago and said it was really good and much better than when they visited in 2008.
I hope it is kept that way.

[lissa]

And the water quality? Does this not come into the beach standard? I went to have a look at the sea a couple of days ago and it looked better than it had about 10 days before, not green like it was then. But I am still wary of swimming myself there, though I saw lots of people in the sea.

[patrice]

Probably people swimming in the sea who are ignorant of the alleged pollution 

[thebillet]

I've read most of the thread and not seen mention of visa costs, I could have missed it, but the increase in price to £60 approximately for a family of 4 isn't an incentive.

[Jacqui Harvey]

The visa is $20.00 each about £12.00 each so around £48.00 for a family of four.   There has always been visa charges and now the lira is almost 5.00  The visa will be about the same as it always was.
I do know if a Turkish person wants to visit the U.K. our visa charges are in the hundreds for them to enter the U.K.

[Liz 101]

Is the beach at Çaliś being kept clean this season?

Yes, since it came under the jurisdiction of the dernik there are guys cleaning up along the beach every day

[thebillet]

Why would the visa be the same as it always was? If it used to be £10.00 and is now charged in dollars and at today's rate is 5 pence short of £51.00 for a family of four it's an increase. If a family chooses to compare prices with other countries which don't charge a visa fee then it is, IMHO, a valid assertion that visa fees are a reason, albeit in small measure, for a decline in Turkish tourism.

[Jacqui Harvey]

As someone who reads T.A. quite a lot.  I can tell you most people book their holidays and then ask about the visa. i.e. where to get it and how much is it.   
IMHO I would not think the cost of a visa would stop people coming to Turkey.
As the exchange rate was around 2.20 when we first came and the visa was £10.00 but is now £13.00 it has gone up, but I think this is offset by the lira now being nearly 5.00. 

      

      

[Scunner]

£135 departure tax for Mexico for a family of 4. Can't complain about $20 each for a visa to enter Turkey.  

[Scunner]

As the exchange rate was around 2.20 when we first came and the visa was £10.00 but is now £13.00 it has gone up, but I think this is offset by the lira now being nearly 5.00.

A modest increase for us tourists - the big winner is the Government over there. Using your rates they could previously change our £10 into 22 lira. Today they can get 38.5 lira from our $13