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“According to official Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism figures, the rate of decline in Arab tourists ranged from 20% to 40% during these past two years, depending on each country of origin.
This decline was for several reasons, most notably racist attacks against or mistreatment of Arab tourists and price manipulation in front of them.
Video clips from surveillance cameras and smartphones have recorded verbal attacks on Arab tourists, their expulsion from restaurants and shops without a clear reason, assaults on Arab women and children, the refusal to receive Arab tourists or humiliating treatment of them.
Arab tourists have also complained about exaggerated price increases, with some shop, restaurant, and cafe owners in tourist areas demanding they pay three or four times the actual bill amount. In some cases, matters turned into fistfights if tourists refused to pay.”
(themedialine)