MOSCOW - Turkish Culture & Tourism Minister Atilla Koc visited Turkish stands in the International Travel & Tourism Exhibition 2006 (MITT 2006) in Moscow on Thursday.
Koc said, ''my expectation from tourism officials is the same every year. I expect an increase over 20 percent (the number of tourists visiting Turkey) every year.''
''There were difficulties in the number of tourists coming from western Europe in the first two months of 2006, but we don't have any problems with the number of Russian tourists,'' he added.
MITT 2006 will remain open till March 25th.