Israelis seek alternatives to Turkey

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Israelis seek alternatives to Turkey
Oluşturulma Tarihi: Şubat 03, 2009 00:001dk okuma

ISTANBUL - In light of rising tension within Turkey following the Gaza war, a growing number of Israelis who originally planned to spend Passover in Antalya are now looking for friendlier destinations, an Israeli Web site reported.

Israel-basedWeb site Ynetnews, www.ynetnews.com, reported that Israeli travel agencies had recently started to search for alternatives for traditional Passover vacations to the all-inclusive resorts in Turkey for their clients, in light of rising tension between Israel and Turkey, brought about by Israel's offensive in Gaza.

"There's certainly a problem," the Web site quoted Eti Gwili, chief executive officer of the Issta travel company, as saying Saturday. "Even according to the most optimistic predictions, Israelis won't return to Antalya before the summer."

Gwili said that during Passover, Israelis would prefer other locations, noting that several workers' committees, including that of the Israel Electric Company, had already informed travel agents that they wished to send their employees to other destinations.

Some 35,000 Israelis were expected to spend the holiday in resorts in the western city of Antalya before the war in Gaza broke out. Now the direction has changed, according to Eyal Kashdan of the Flying Carpet travel agency. Israelis will instead be offered vacation packages to Varna or Burgas in Bulgaria and hotels in Cyprus and the Greek islands, mainly Rhodes and Crete, while Barcelona, Prague and Budapest are also expected to be a hot destination this spring.
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