#Earthquake

As summer ebbs, Turkey’s once-buoyant tourism industry is counting lost rooms, canceled trips, and slipping bookings. A triple whammy is bearing down on the country’s coastal heartland: widespread forest fires along the Mediterranean and Aegean coasts, a contiguously shaking sequence of earthquakes in the Aegean region, and stubbornly high inflation that erodes holiday budgets. The combination is already translating into a weaker tourist season, threatening the livelihoods of communities that rely on foreign visitors and complicating the government’s broader goal of reviving growth through travel and services.