Travel bookings to Turkey by Chinese tourists have went up greatly as Turkey’s currency(货币) has depreciated rapidly, according to Ctrip.
Tour packages to Turkey have risen 150 percent on the website since Sunday, according to Ctrip. The depreciation of the Turkish lira even brought domestic travel agencies offering a payment choice in lira to suspend that payment channel.
Xu Lingjuan, a tour guide from Ctrip, recently finished a nine-day group tour from Shanghai to Turkey on Thursday. She said that the falling exchange rate attracted more travelers to buy luxury goods there. “Many luxury goods were sold out. Some travelers even changed their sightseeing schedules to go shopping,” she said.
Zou Qingling, director of oversea tourism of another online travel agency, said those who pay with lira at the destination would see the best bargains. “Depreciation of the Turkish lira may not affect its tourism market greatly in the short term, but the market would be boosted if the currency decline lasts for a long time,” she said.
Flights from China to Turkey were in short supply for the Mid-Autumn Festival and the National Day holiday in October, due to an increase in tourist numbers caused by the weakening lira. Prices for organized tours to Turkey are expected to decrease by another 20 to 30 percent after China's National Day holiday, with hotels and flights becoming cheaper.
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