Our President announced that the VAT reduction applied to the tourism sector, along with short-time working allowance, has been extended until the end of June 2021...

President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan received representatives of the tourism sector at the Presidential Complex on the occasion of Tourism Week. At the reception, where the sector's problems, demands and proposals were discussed, Vice President Fuat Oktay, Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Minister of Treasury and Finance Lütfi Elvan, TÜROB President Müberra Eresin, TÜROB Vice President Armin Zerunyan, Turkish Airlines Chairman of the Board İlker Aycı, TÜROFED President Sururi Çorabatır, TÜRSAB President Firuz Bağlıkaya and members of the TGA Board of Directors were also present.

Following the reception, at the press conference held by our President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, it was announced that the short-time working allowance and the VAT reduction applied to the tourism sector had been extended until the end of June 2021.

In her assessment, TÜROB President Müberra Eresin, who attended the reception, said: "During our meeting, we had the opportunity to observe that our esteemed President has an extremely thorough command of developments in our sector, and I would particularly like to express my great satisfaction with this. The effective initiatives undertaken by our esteemed Minister of Culture and Tourism with the government regarding the current situation of our sector also paved the way for today's positive results. The extended supports, foremost among them the short-time working allowance, are of vital importance for the tourism sector. Our next step will be to resolve the financial needs of businesses. On this occasion, we extend our gratitude to our esteemed President, our esteemed Minister of Culture and Tourism, and our esteemed Minister of Treasury and Finance for never withholding their interest and support from our sector and for their unwavering belief and confidence in it, and I would like to state that, as the tourism sector, we will, as in the past, contribute to the Turkish economy added value far exceeding the support provided, and in the shortest possible time."