According to official data provided by the Turkish Institute of Statistics, consumer inflation in the country in April approached 70%. At the same time, hotels and restaurants, although not ranked first in terms of price growth, but in the top five most “expensive” industries are confidently included. So tourists who plan to come to Turkey definitely need to bring more money.
Overall, according to official researchers, inflation in Turkey was 69.97% in April. This is higher than in March, when it reached 61.14%.
Restaurants and hotels are among the industries with the highest growth. According to Turkish statistics, the most expensive food and non-alcoholic beverages – 13.38% compared to last month, followed by housing – 7.43%, clothing and footwear – 6.96%, and in fourth place, with a slight lag just restaurants and hotels – by 6.95%. They were also included in the main groups with the largest annual growth – also in 4th place – at 69.26%.
Turkish travel media also provided detailed official statistics on inflation growth in the group. According to her, prices in hotels and restaurants increased by 6.95% compared to the previous month, by 28.58% compared to December of the previous year, by 69.26% compared to the same month last year. Overall, inflation has now shown 36.74% against a 12-month period.