The beautiful Turkish wonder you ve probably never heard of
Startlingly blue Lake Van is one of Turkey’s best-kept secrets
Akdamar is the jewel in Lake Van’s tourism crown
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Fringed by tawny-hued peaks soaring to 13,000ft, startlingly blue Lake Van, an inland sea seven times larger than Lake Geneva, is one of Turkey’s best-kept secrets. Given that this intriguingly beautiful high-altitude (5,380ft above sea level) lake lies almost a thousand road miles east of the fleshpots of Turkey’s economic and cultural capital of Istanbul, it’s not surprising that relatively few Turks make it out here, let alone foreigners, who flock instead to the country’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts.
Travel bosses defy Government by urging public to book summer holidays
Businesses with revenues of £11 billion demand Boris Johnson reopens travel by mid-May to prevent loss of 2.5 million jobs
15 February 2021 • 6:00am
Campaign comes as Grant Shapps told people not to book domestic or international holidays and Prime Minister said it was too early to decide on opening up travel
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The travel industry goes to war with the Government on Monday with a campaign urging the public to ignore ministers and book their summer holidays now.
About 120 travel businesses with revenues of £11 billion have joined a “Save our Summer (SOS)” campaign to demand Boris Johnson reopens travel by mid-May to prevent the loss of 2.5 million jobs at risk in the UK holiday industry.