Lifesaving break in Turkey (Photo)

Turkey's $26 billion tourism industry has been hit by fear of security and political disputes in recent years, but a corner of the market is steadily increasing on beach holidays for conservative Muslims. Dozens of hotels and resorts on Turkey's coast offer swimming pools and beaches separated for men and women [...]
Dozens of hotels and resorts on Turkey's coast offer divided swimming pools and beaches for men and women to meet religious restrictions in modesty, are drawing families from Turkey, the Middle East and Muslim communities in the West.
“Over the past two years there has been a boycott of Turkey as a tourist destination, but we have seen a friendly tourism that thrives throughout this period”, said Ufuk Secgin of hallalbooking.com, which promotes international Islamic holidays.
























