ISTANBUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The head of Turkey's Hoteliers
Federation said on Monday the collapse of British tourism agency
Thomas Cook means Turkey could see 600,000-700,000 fewer
tourists annually.
In an interview, Osman Ayik told Reuters there are currently
45,000 tourists in Turkey that came from the United Kingdom and
the rest of Europe via Thomas Cook.
The Federation's chairman added the company owes
100,000-200,000 pounds to some small hotels, which could suffer
as a result of the collapse.
(Reporting by Ceyda Caglayan; Writing by Ali Kucukgocmen;
Editing by Jonathan Spicer)