Hello everyone! Finally after a long time we are here back on our channel with a new video and I
know that many of you have been asking me through our social media either Instagram or on our
YouTube comments as well about the new regulations in order to enter Turkey, so well, finally after
10 days I'm gonna share this information with you because this is so important and I want to
apologize for not doing it way before but we were in the process of moving to our new house we
are finally here in our new place so finally we are settled and now we are ready to go back into
our routines so if you are ready to hear these new regulations, then stay and watch this video with us.
I know that many of you were waiting to travel to Turkey once all the restrictions were lifted
so guess what? Finally, I have very good news for you and this time there are no more restrictions
to come to Turkey so finally you can enter easily, you don't need to show PCR tests or antigen tests
or even the vaccination certificate so we don't need that any longer in order to visit Turkey,
you can freely come here to this country. I know that some of you were saying "well,
I'm not vaccinated but I'm not willing either to take a PCR test just to go travel to Turkey"
so finally this is your moment, as of June 1st of 2022 all the restrictions in this country have
finally been lifted also for any domestic flights within the country you don't need
anything anymore so just take notes of that we are going to write also here on the screen
what requirements have been lifted because I know some even though that I'm telling you here on the
video some of you might still ask me "what about these, what about that?" So just in case, I'm gonna
write it here on the screen for you to read it so you no longer need the PCR test, you no
longer need the antigen test, the vaccination certificate you don't need that anymore either.
Another great thing is that also wearing a mask outside, in the public transportation,
or at any indoor establishment is not a requirement anymore so this is up to you.
If you still want to wear it either in the public transportation or at any place that you might feel
uncomfortable if it's too crowded it is up to you, now it's not mandatory anymore not
even on domestic flight so also if you're traveling within Turkey you don't have to
wear it this is under your own discretion. And also, I want to share another thing about what the
tourism is looking nowadays in Turkey but before I go without topic first I want to show you and talk
to you about the newly launched booklet that we have on our Etsy shop. In case that you are new on
our channel, I would love to invite you to go check it out, we are going to be leaving the links on our
pinned comment and also in the description box so that you can go click after finishing this video
and basically, we are sharing every sort of tips about traveling not just in Istanbul but also
in other cities and provinces in Turkey so if you are looking for any sort of information about
the country, you will find everything there from how to move from city to city, the best
bus companies, also train companies, the train lines as well, how to move easily from city to city
also the best airline companies in Turkey so you will find everything, how many days you should
spend in each city what you can visit, where you should stay so basically you will find everything,
we work very hard on this project and it has very good results, our followers,
the ones who have already purchased it have given us very good feedback on it so if you want to buy
it, you can also do it, I'm pretty sure you're going to save a lot of time in researching for
all of that information because literally you have everything there so go check it out.
Now let's go back to what the tourism looks like in Istanbul and in general in Turkey. Well, let
me tell you that even though it's not officially high season or peak season in the country I will
tell you that the places and for example the most touristic areas such as Sutanahmet and Taksim
are so crowded we have never seen such a thing this early, for example, we just went to
Sultanahmet two weeks ago and we couldn't even walk into the main places even at some point
Hagia Sophia had to be closed for maybe 20 minutes or 30 minutes because it was so crowded
and they couldn't keep letting people in until some people were coming out and everything
so yes I will tell you that now tourism is quite active so you will find places very
very frequented even more than ever and also because probably some cruise ships have already
started and they started to arrive in Istanbul so maybe that is why also you will see more people
in those areas so my recommendation will be that if you are coming to Turkey in the coming weeks or
months especially in peak season just make sure especially if you want to visit Hagia Sophia
and Topkapi Palace and any of those places just to visit them as soon as they open the doors
because otherwise, you will not really enjoy the places because at some point you cannot even walk
inside and also you have to wait in line for many many minutes even 30 minutes or more
just to go through the checkpoints so that is why my best recommendation especially in peak season
in Istanbul is to visit these main places as soon as the doors open, that means between 8:30 to 9:00 a.m
and get in line to get your tickets as soon as possible on that same day that way you will
save a lot of time and also you will enjoy the places as it should be so just take this advice
with you. Also another thing that I would love to share with you is about the
HES code because also many people still have that doubt if the HES code is still needed in Turkey
and what about the IstanbulKart if it needs to be linked or not, well, I'm not going to explain
anything about what the HES code is because first of all it's not needed any longer so yeah
your answer is there you don't need, the HES CODE was dropped three or four
months ago so we are not using it anymore and you don't need to link it either to the Istanbulkart.
So now, just as before the pandemic, the istanbulkart can be used for up to 5 or 6 people
I think so, you can use 1 card for up to 5 or 6 people so you don't have to worry anymore
about having one card per person, now is one for up to 5-6 people. So in conclusion,
you don't need anything to travel to Turkey you can do it just as before the pandemic, we don't
need PCR tests, antigen test, vaccination, HES CODE, or any of those requirements, you can just come
and enjoy the country, just keep in mind as well that depending on the airline you are traveling
with they might have certain regulations in order to board the plane because some people have been
sharing in comments in some of our videos that sometimes they are requesting extra things that
are not being requested by Turkish government, well that is because the airlines also have their own
regulations so maybe Turkey just to enter Turkey here our country might not request the PCR test
but maybe the airline you're traveling with does so just keep in mind those other regulations
so hopefully this video was useful for you and also don't forget that we're gonna be sharing
all of the official links in our description box so you can go check it check them out it
will be the official link of Turkish Airlines and also of Turkish government as well but that
one will be in Turkish but you can also use Google translate just to check the information from there
too. Thanks a lot for watching our video and see you in the next one. Bye!