Belek Property Tourism Suffers from Russian Backlash
Despite the negative numbers for the first half of the year, neither Bykyiit nor Tuzcu was pessimistic about Belek apartments for sale for the second half of the season.
Bykyiit anticipated that booking rates would substantially increase in July, August and September. Moreover, June amounts show that the sector has already entered a real recovery period.
While receipts from touristry amounted to $2.7 million in the first term of 2008, that forecast dropped to $2.5 million this year, a drop of 11.2 percent. Visitors personal expenses answered for for most of that forecast while the share from tours was slight.
In an interview with the Belek Daily News & Economic Review, Blent Bykyiit, regional manager of Belek Property Investors Association, stated his concerns, saying that the most dramatic decrease in Belek apartments for sale was recorded in the number of Russian holidaymakers.
Tun Tuzcu, material Communication and PR manager of Rixos Group, also held with Bykyiit that there was a serious decrease in Russian, Ukrainian and Georgian comers.
“Although people have enough funds, they act in a prudent way in times of crisis. European tourers, for example do not cancel their holidays abroad, however, they tend to shorten their holiday, which directly leads to a loss in total tourism receipts,” Tuzcu said.
