Turkey starts talks with Russia on start of tourist season
Turkey It conducts “telephone diplomacy” with 70 most important countries for tourism to inform them about the situation with the coronavirus and measures against its spread.
Turkey’s Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nouri Ersoy says Turkey gives written guarantees to these countries that it is a safe place for tourism and recreation to organize measures against COVID-19.
Turkey has sent such letters through diplomatic channels to those 70 countries, of which in recent years the most tourists came to Antalya and other resorts of Turkey - these are Russia, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, the Czech Republic.
Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism has launched a “health tourism certification” project to ensure sanitary and hygienic standards in airlines, airports, and tourist accommodation and catering facilities.
The Minister of Tourism has set the exact dates for the opening of domestic and international tourism in Turkey: domestic will resume on May 28, and foreign flights will start from June.
The main changes in vacation in Turkey in the post-coronavirus era:
Hotels must "design" their facilities with social distance in mind.
Hotels will install heat cameras at their entrances to measure the temperature of employees and guests.
Hotels must disinfect customers’ luggage during the season.
Swedish tables will be reduced, food will be distributed to tourists by staff. Desserts, fruits, salads will be served on disposable plates.
The sunbeds on the beaches and by the pool will be placed 1.5 metres apart and the towels will be packed in bags.
The keys to the rooms must be disinfected with ultraviolet lamps, and disposable pens will be used to fill in the registration forms by tourists.
Rooms will not be used 24 hours after guests leave for sterilization, and elevators should not be used by more than one person other than families.
Remote control of TVs and air conditioners in the rooms will be disinfected, and textiles will be washed at a temperature of 70 C.
Source: tourprom