Tourism minister hopes Turkey to host 30 mln-tourists in 2010

Turkey's Culture and Tourism Minister Ertugrul Gunay said Turkey would carry out a promotion campaign worth 50 million USD, and aimed to host 30 million tourists in 2010 with a 10 percent rise over 2009.

"My ministry has allocated 8 million USD for promotion campaign in Russia this year, but we will carry out over 50-million-USD campaign in Russia as the public and private sector," Gunay told a press conference in Moscow.

Gunay is actually visiting the Russian capital to participate in the International Exhibition Travel & Tourism.

The minister said Turkey was expecting 3 million tourists from Russia in 2010.

Over 27 million tourists visited Turkey in 2009.


/World Bulletin/