Russian citizens may miss the opportunity to vacation in Turkey, which remains one of the main outbound tourism destinations for Russians, who made more than 6 million trips to the republic last year. This is reported by The Moscow Times.
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Large Turkish exporters and buyers of Russian oil are having difficulties with bank payments from Russia began to test hotels in Turkey. They cannot receive money for guest stays. Transfers arrive too late or are returned.
According to the publication’s sources, if sanctions against Russia continue to work, Turkey’s tourism business will face serious problems, and tens of thousands of entrepreneurs will suffer “huge losses.”
Turkish companies are under pressure from the West, who want to spoil trade relations between Moscow and Ankara. Turkish businessmen trading with Russia are threatened with US blacklisting. Such actions cause serious damage to the country's economy, the publication writes.
