The President of the Association of Turkish Travel Agencies, Bağlıkaya, believes that the visa facilitation announced during our President's visit to Athens will be a significant step in supporting tourism movements.
During the joint press conference held during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Athens, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced that Turkish citizens visiting Greek islands would be granted a 7-day visa exemption throughout the year.
Firuz Bağlıkaya, President of TÜRSAB, made the following remarks to an AA reporter regarding the matter:
"The number of visitors from Turkey to Greece reached its highest level, reaching 921,000 people as of 2017. After a decline during the pandemic, there has been a recovery in the number of visitors, rising to 585,000 Turkish citizens visiting Greece. The biggest obstacle to further increasing this number was the visa-related difficulties. Therefore, we believe that the visa facilitation announced during our President's visit to Athens will support tourism movements and be a significant step in increasing the number of visitors to the Greek islands.