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Julie Delahaye & Andrew McQuarrie

Holidays to Turkey set to be cheaper for Brits as visa rules overhauled

Holidays to Turkey will become cheaper from next month as visa requirements for Brits are getting ditched.

The existing rules state that UK sun-seekers jetting out to Turkey must pay for a visa costing around £27 per person.

But the Mirror Online reports that visas will no longer be required from March 2020.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Ankara said: "As of 2 March 2020, Turkey has decided to exempt visa requirements for the members of the European Union Schengen area, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland as well as the United Kingdom citizens for touristic travels to Turkey for every 90 days within 180 day period.

"This step aims at increasing our tourism potential with these countries as well as further developing our trade, economic and cultural relations."

A spokesperson for ABTA, a travel trade association, described the reform as "welcome news".

The spokesperson said: "Getting an e-visa is a straight forward process, but it will still be one less thing to do before going away and give a boost to this already popular holiday destination for Brits.

"With the visas costing around £30 per person this bonus will add up to a free Turkish meze and baklava to finish courtesy of the government, especially with exchange rates currently being favourable."

More than two million Britons travelled to Turkey in 2020.

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