Karaloglu said that currently "there is a process of agreeing on the settlement procedure by the relevant departments, but there are already some agreements on this matter, that's for sure."

According to him, this "will greatly help the development of tourism."

“We will only be glad if our Russian guests can pay here in rubles in the same way as our compatriots can pay in lira in Russia,” the governor said.

He noted that at the moment there is “no final decision on this issue, but there are developments”.

In December, Maya Lomidze, executive director of the Association of Tour Operators of Russia, in an interview with the FAN, assessed the situation with the Russian tourist flow in Turkey.