Despite a normalizing relationship with Moscow, the arrival of Russians and other Europeans is still lower than expected.

Turkey saw a 30 percent drop in foreign visitors and revenue last year, the lowest in nine years.

In face of all the difficulties, Turkey's tourism industry has recently shifted its focus toward the Asia-Pacific region, as over 600 million Chinese, among others, are expected to travel abroad in the next five years, according to data from China National Tourism Administration.

The latest official figure shows that the arrival of Chinese in Turkey slipped to 168,000 in 2016, a decease of over 46 percent over the previous year.

During the first four months of this year, 21,181 Chinese tourists came to Turkey, up 11 percent over the same period last year, according to data revealed at turkiyeturizm.com.

"Hereby I am appealing to our Chinese friends to visit Turkey and Antalya," said Karaloglu. "Take your neighbor and come."

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