The Sunday Times newspaper mentions that UK tour operators have made extraordinary price reductions to attract customers.


According to the newspaper, one of the biggest tour operators, Thomas Cook, advertises a three-star hotel in Marmaris at a "funny" price; £ 3:46 for a week (about 8.4 lira) mentioning that "price wars starts with £ 3:46 per week in Turkey tours". The Sunday Times also mentioned that in some places the overnight price per person is only 49 pence (approximately 1.2 TL).