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in March when the country has a low tourist season and hotels propose their rooms for

a half of the original price. The number of Iranian tourists in Turkey during 2014 was

around 1.5 million and 300 thousand Turkish citizens also visited Iranian cities.

Turkey earns 36 billion dollars on tourist services and understandably wants to

increase the share of Iranians, taking into consideration the huge population of the

neigbouring country and its closeness [17]. Many Iranians also use the services of

«Turkish Airlines» with total fleet of 220 new airplanes as a conduit in travels around

the world, since Iranian companies suffer from the lack of spare parts and their

outdated planes remain very dangerous for the travelers. For its part the Iranian

leadership wants to study the ingredients of Turkish success in the field of tourism.

The rising numbers of foreign visitors will allow the country to sell products of

agriculture, drinks and objects of art to the hotel chains and bypass in such way

international sanctions. One must say that Turkish example in this respect is very

important. In 2014 that country attracted 37 million tourists and occupied sixth place

in the world among most popular tourist destinations [18].

It‘s interesting to note that main industrial centre of Iranian city of Tabriz

became very popular in Turkish movie industry, because of cost difference with

Istanbul and Izmir and proximity to religious sites of Iran. Moreover, this country

serves as a base for Western film-makers that shoot movies about Iran since South -

Eastern Turkey looks similar to some arid Iranian provinces and European districts

of Istanbul strongly resemble Tehran. Turkish TV shows and programs became so

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