The Association of Turkish Travel Agencies (TURSAB) has raised the prices of admission to the museums and historical and cultural sites in Turkey.

Armenian News-NEWS.am has learned from TURSAB that the prices of the entry tickets for places of interest to Christians, especially to Armenians, have been raised considerably in Turkey. For example, the admission fee for Istanbul's Hagia Sophia Church has increased from 72 to 100 liras, that of the Armenian church on Akhtamar Island in Van has increased from 10 liras to 25 liras, and the admission fee for the ruins of the medieval Armenian city of Ani has became 15 liras.