تركيا: الأتراك الأكثر إقبالا على الفنادق الحلال

خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أشار عدد من المتخصصين في المجال السياحي إلى أن الفنادق الحلال التي توفر بيئة إسلامية تمنع الخمور والمحرمات وتقدم الأغذية المشروعة، وتخصص حمامات سباحة وشواطئ للرجال والنساء - تجذب الأتراك أكثر من غيرهم من الزوَّار.

وأكدوا أن الأتراك الذين يعيشون في أوروبا يشكلون ثاني مجموعة ترغب في ارتياد الفنادق الحلال - 30 فندقًا حلالًا و20 فندقًا صحيًّا - وذلك في ضوء زيادة الفنادق الحلال والصحية خلال سنوات حكم حزب العدالة والتنمية؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Turkey’s ‘Muslim-friendly’ or ‘halal’ hotels that offer visitors an alcohol-free environment along with separate swimming pools for women and men are drawing Turkish tourists, not Arabs, say sector players

Alternative holidays in halal hotels in Turkey have been drawing the attention of Turkish people, rather than Arab tourists, according to sector professionals.

Local tourists make up a major proportion of visitors who prefer alternative holidays, Seval Tur General Manager Ömer Solmaz said in a telephone interview with the Hürriyet Daily News yesterday. Solmaz said Turks living abroad were the second largest group choosing these hotels, while other Muslims in European countries and Russia were interested in alternative holidays despite their share in total visitor numbers in Turkey being relatively low.

The hotels offer their visitors separate swimming pools and beaches for women and men, along with halal food and non-alcoholic drinks.

Solmaz said people who generally want to have a holiday with their family in an alcohol-free environment prefer such Muslim-friendly hotels, particularly adding that women tend to feel “more comfortable” there. “Veiled women are able to wear swimsuits or bikinis while they swim in separate pools, or in the sea off separate beaches. In addition, some unveiled women prefer these hotels, in order to avoid being disturbed by the attitude of some men,” he said.

The alternative holiday has been a rising trend over the last decade of Justice and Development Party (AKP) rule, according to sector players. While there are currently only around 50 hotels for alternative holidays in Turkey (approximately 30 halal hotels and 20 thermal hotels), it seems like their number will increase.

Muslim-friendly hotels are particularly located in the southern, Aegean, northwestern and Black Sea regions, while thermal hotels are generally in interior provinces.

“Thermal hotels are for health tourism. They don’t have alcohol drinks for health reasons, but they have become a part of alternative holidays over time,” Seçim Aydın, the president of Anatolia Tourism Enterprises Association, told the Daily News.

He also added that some places in plateaus in the Black Sea region had started to offer alternative holidays.