GOTHENBURG/ANTALYA - Representatives of Turkey`s tourism sector said Friday they are hopeful that Turkey can attract Scandinavian tourists to Turkey after they participated in a tourism fair in Gothenburg, Sweden.
"We may see around 20-30 percent rise from Norwegian market, and the situation is not different in Swedish and Danish markets," Hasan Efkan Dirik, who opened a stand at the fair on behalf of Association of Side Tourism Agents (Side-TUDER), told AA correspondent.
Dirik said there is great interest in Istanbul in Scandinavia since this metropolis has been declared as the European Cultural Capital in 2010.
"Cappadocia region is also on the rise in Scandinavian market," he told.
-NORWEGIAN AGENCY SELLS ISTANBUL TOURS-
On the other hand, Reidar Svedahl, president of Executive Board of a Norwegian-based Turkietresor company, said he is selling Turkey tours in Sweden although his company is based in Norway.
"Turkey is preferred as a tourist destination for it is a warm country, shopping is cheap and there are many entertainment opportunities there, and for it has history and culture," he told.
Svedahl said the company will bring 10,000 tourists from Sweden to Istanbul this year.
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