Turkey's ski resorts are going through difficult times as a result of warm weather and a lack of snowfall in the 2017 ski season, reports said Wednesday.
With no snowfall in most parts of the country, many ski resorts are left without visitors. For instance, Ergan Mountain Ski Resort in eastern Turkey's Erzincan province, which cost around 50 million liras ($13 million) to build and had high vacancy rates in 2017, is awaiting snow and skiers.
The General Manager of the Green Park Hotel Mehmet Zeki Unal said that Kartepe, located in Turkey's Kocaeli province, had 250 cm of snowfall last year, but this year they only 18 cm. He noted that the ski tracks are currently closed and hotels are empty, and visitors are hoping for snowfall to come back.
Source: Daily Sabah