Turkish tourism and economy struggle due to bombings, Russia chill


  • World
  • Thursday, 24 Mar 2016

Local and foreign tourists stroll at Taksim square in central Istanbul, Turkey March 22, 2016. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

ANKARA (Reuters) - Suicide bombings in Istanbul, a row with the Kremlin and hard times for the Russian middle class - all these factors spell trouble for Turkey's tourist industry and its wider economy.

Nowhere is the mood gloomier than among shopkeepers in Istanbul, Turkey's cultural gem and scene last weekend of the second suicide attack on tourists in the city this year.

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