The Covid-19 outbreak, which has affected the entire world over the past year, has undoubtedly negatively affected the travel industry the most. Strict curfews and travel bans implemented by many countries have caused millions of people living in different parts of the world to postpone their passion for travel. The year 2021 has brought a glimmer of hope around the world with the start of vaccination. While both the difficult period of time and losses experienced in the last year has deeply affected human beings, it has become the common expectation of the whole world that everything returns to normal as soon as possible. To keep life on track and economies to survive, all countries had taken some measures urgently. But some countries such as Turkey differed with the rest of the world both in terms of the measures taken and in terms of the implementation of these measures.
Rapid Decision-Making Ability
Rapid and effective decisions taken by the government have reduced the speed of the pandemic's spread, but also accelerated the normalization process. In addition to the success of airports, airlines, health organizations, and private enterprises in ensuring the implementation of measures taken in their areas of responsibility and conducting inspections, the coordination of all these institutions with each other was achieved at a high level.
Certified Hotels and Facilities
Safe Tourism Certification Program, which defines several measures ranging from transportation to accommodation for the health and comfort of all Turkish citizens and foreign visitors who will spend their holidays in Turkey, as well as facility employees in the service sector, has been implemented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Within the scope of this program, accommodation facilities, food and beverage facilities, tour and transfer vehicles, convention and art centers, theme parks are inspected by authorized accreditation institutions in terms of international hygiene and health criteria, and businesses that meet the criteria are entitled to receive certificates. Besides, enterprises participating in the program are periodically audited within the framework of the determined criteria and it is reported whether the criteria are met or not.
Normalization Process
The measures, which are firmly implemented throughout the country, have been taken to a higher level with curfews implemented for Turkish citizens all weekend and certain hours on the weekdays. However, these restrictions do not apply to visitors from foreign countries. If you are coming to visit Turkey from another country, another thing you should consider is that cafes and restaurants serve only take away these days. In the later period of normalization, these enterprises will be able to return to their normal activities.
If you visit Turkey during this period, you do not need to worry about eating and drinking. Because the food and beverage service continues with the same quality and continuity, with health and hygiene measures taken in all hotels. You can choose the option of thousands of quality hotels in Turkey with peace of mind and you can spend a memorable vacation.
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