Egyptian travel companies profit on Turkey visits due to falling lira
Egyptian tourism companies are seeking to take advantage of the low exchange rate of the Turkish lira to promote their programs in Turkey even after the summer season is over.
Mohammed Abdel-Qader, who works in an Egyptian telecommunications company, has been planning for a year to spend New Year's Eve in Turkey. “I have always wanted to experience snowboarding in mountainous areas,” he told Al-Monitor.
Abdel-Qader considers himself lucky to travel at this time in light of the drop in the exchange rate of the Turkish lira. “This decline allowed me to go shopping for clothes in Turkey, with a total budget of $2,000.”
