Monday, 21 June 2010
45 000 Israelis cancel holidays in the occupied
The tourism sector in the occupied damaged after the coolness in relations between Israel and Turkey that followed the attack on the Israeli convoy carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
According to a report in the Turkish news agency Tsichan reproduced today by T / C newspaper Kipris''''after the incident 45 000 Israeli tourists have canceled their summer vacation in Turkey and katT extended tours in the territories, and many of them now plans to free holiday "south" Cyprus, as reported free areas.
Again, according to the newspaper, some travel agencies in the occupied territories have made an agreement with Israeli company for transporting tourists to the occupied territories. Specifically, the initiative of the Director General of the travel agency ARMADA the pseudo-
I Ozgken be organized by ship routes from Israel to the occupied twice a week. For this purpose, rented the ship''Sampounta (Samsun) against the amount of 3.5 dollars.
That ship sailed on May 28 in Istanbul and arrived on May 30 in Haifa. We moved on June 3, 2000 passengers in the occupied Famagusta port, but the trip was canceled because of Israel's attack, the ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza.
The''Yeni''Ntouzen also mentioned in the newspaper Dawn, in accordance with the government of the Republic placed line of about 160 000 euros to raise Cyprus to Israel as a destination for summer holidays. The T / C newspaper claims that the Cypriot government has seized the opportunity and conduct a major campaign to win Israeli tourists, using - as the expression - that prevented ships carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza to use their ports.
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