{"id":1465,"date":"2008-07-30T08:07:31","date_gmt":"2008-07-30T05:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/?p=1465"},"modified":"2023-04-30T13:42:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-30T10:42:24","slug":"istanbul-bombing-does-little-to-deter-british-holidaymakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2008\/07\/30\/istanbul-bombing-does-little-to-deter-british-holidaymakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Istanbul bombing does little to deter British holidaymakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n<h4>Travel companies and tour operators report no concerns from customers following Sunday&#8217;s bomb attack in the Turkish capital.<\/h4>\n<p>By Oliver Smith<br \/>\nLast Updated: 5:08PM BST 29 Jul 2008<\/p>\n<div class=\"imageExtras\" style=\"width: 460px;\"><span class=\"caption\">The double bombing in Istanbul left 17 dead and more than 150 injured<\/span> <span class=\"credit\">Photo: AP<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Holiday companies say bookings to Turkey remain stable, despite Sunday night&#8217;s double bombing in Istanbul&#8217;s residential district of Gungoren.<\/p>\n<p>Fears over a slump in tourism appear to be wide of the mark, as tour operators have reported little concern from British holidaymakers.<\/p>\n<p>Last week Telegraph Travel reported that Turkey has overtaken Spain as Britons\u2019 most popular tourist destination, with holidaymakers keen to avoid expensive breaks within the eurozone.<\/p>\n<p>And it appears that Sunday\u2019s bombing \u2013 described by Turkish authorities as a \u201cterror\u201d attack \u2013 has so far done little to halt that trend.<\/p>\n<p>Eastern Mediterranean specialists Kosmar claimed that it had not received a single call from concerned customers, while bookings remained steady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople know they have to take care and be vigilant wherever they are,\u201d said Ruth Hilton, a Kosmar spokeswoman. \u201cTerrorism is a risk throughout the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A statement from TUI said that neither Thomson or First Choice have seen any &#8220;adverse impact&#8221; on sales to Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Thomas Cook said that, although it was still early, there had been no worried callers. The tour operator said that it will be offering the same advice as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).<\/p>\n<p>The FCO website makes special mention of Sunday\u2019s attack, which left 17 dead and more than 150 injured, while commenting that the risk of terrorism in Turkey is \u201chigh\u201d, with targets including tourist areas. However, its advice is identical to that offered on other popular holiday spots such as Spain and Morocco.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Travel companies and tour operators report no concerns from customers following Sunday&#8217;s bomb attack in the Turkish capital. By Oliver Smith Last Updated: 5:08PM BST 29 Jul 2008 The double bombing in Istanbul left 17 dead and more than 150 injured Photo: AP Holiday companies say bookings to Turkey remain stable, despite Sunday night&#8217;s double [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":86067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[102,128],"class_list":["post-1465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-turkey","tag-istanbul","tag-terrorism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}