Weekly Press Release of Istanbul Gelisim University (Issue 139) (February 28-March 4, 2022)

The Academic Member Dr. Fatma Özçelik Heper from the Tourism Guiding Department of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences of the Istanbul Gelisim University indicated that the early booking demand coming from abroad at current period has exceeded 10 million. The tourism sector that has been going a substantially hard and difficult period as a result of the pandemic started to experience a period of mobilization together with the lifting of the PCR test obligation. The (travel) agencies facing an intensive early booking reservation demand especially for the summer season beginning from the last October onward were considerably happy with this circumstance. However, the matter indicating that how the uncertainty in markets as a result of the tension between Russia and Ukraine, experience on the recent days will reflect itself into the tourism sector is an issue of concern.