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riversedge

(70,218 posts) Tue Jun 28, 2016, 09:39 PM Jun 2016

June 17, 2016: Why Turkey's beaches are empty..

Excellent video.

Why Turkey's beaches are empty

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36556431

17 June 2016 Last updated at 06:47 BST

It was once the world's sixth most popular tourist destination but visitor numbers to Turkey have slumped by around 40 percent amid security threats and a row with Moscow after a Russian jet was shot down by Turkey in 2015.

The country stands to lose billions of dollars in tourist revenue and there's little hope of a return to stability.

Turkey correspondent Mark Lowen reports from Antalya.

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June 17, 2016: Why Turkey's beaches are empty.. (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2016 OP

How do you go lower than empty? dhol82 Jun 2016 #1

Well that explains why that idiot Erdogan finally apologized for shooting down that Russian jet. SunSeeker Jun 2016 #2

dhol82

(9,353 posts)

1. How do you go lower than empty?

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Tue Jun 28, 2016, 11:30 PM

Jun 2016

Today is going to be an even bigger hit to their tourist industry.

SunSeeker

(51,555 posts)

2. Well that explains why that idiot Erdogan finally apologized for shooting down that Russian jet.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 05:29 AM

Jun 2016

No apologies will help Turkey now. Erdogan seems to only know how to make a bad situation worse.

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