According to the results of the summer season, Mir cards are accepted in Turkey in almost all tourist areas. Now at the level of the state commission, the issue is being resolved so that they can be used in all hotels by the end of the year. This was stated in an interview with Izvestia by the director of the Russian-Turkish Business Council (RTBC) Alexei Egarmin.
“On the one hand, our cards — Visa and MasterCard — do not work. On the other hand, Mir cards work quite well. At the beginning of the season, we were worried about how payment would be made, how it would affect the activity of tourists. But now we see that “Mir” is accepted almost everywhere, this issue is almost resolved. In most tourist areas, the card works, you can either immediately pay with it, or withdraw cash from ATMs and pay with cash. That is, the Russians have no problems with paying with the Mir card in Turkey, ”said the head of the RTDS.
He clarified that there is a program to expand the scope of the payment system in Turkey, in particular, it is planned to make sure that Mir is accepted in all Turkish hotels by the end of the year.
“This issue is being resolved at the level of the state commission. And more than that, there are no those in Turkey who would be against it. Vice versa. But there are certain technical issues, the implementation of all this may take some time, ”Egarmin emphasized.
According to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR), 2.8 million citizens of the Russian Federation visited Turkey during the summer season.
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“Russians have no problems with paying with the Mir card in Turkey”
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