Russia desperately needs a trading partner......so through the door....stepped Erdogan. What's he really want....besides natural gas?
Well....he wants Russian tourists.
Ever since the attempted coup (failure)....a lot of Europeans (especially Germans) have been negative. After the coup in 2016....the drop in tourism ended up around 30-percent of what occurred in 2015. In simple terms....the coup and the aftermath....destroyed tourism. A fair number of resorts shut down, and unemployment around the resort areas went up.
Recovery since then? To some degree, recovery has taken place, but Covid in 2020/2021....hurt them.
So Erdogan wants Russian tourism. The negative? You'd have to accept being paid in Rubles. What would you spend the Rubles on? Well....Russian products (I'm guessing mostly natural gas).
I'm not saying this is a stupid idea....but it's pretty limited on the Ruble exchange. If I were a resort manager....I'd be shaking my head over this tourism idea.
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