On some travel forums, many Vietnamese tourists who are looking for tours to Türkiye also expressed their concerns about the aftershocks of the earthquake. Many tourists agreed to change their schedules to ensure safety. Some tourists who planned to travel independently decided to find reputable companies to book tours to avoid unwanted risks.
Mr. Ulgen Yesil - CEO of Sors Travel Services, a unit with more than 10 years of experience providing land tours, currently has offices in Türkiye, Jakarta (Indonesia), Bangkok (Thailand), Vietnam and the Philippines said: Most of the country's top tourist destinations are located far from where the earthquake occurred.
Specifically, the earthquake's immediate area is located about 600 km away from two popular tourist destinations: Antalya (nearly 600 km) and Istanbul (more than 850 km). Cappadocia, a popular hot air balloon destination, is also about 500 km away.
Cappadocia, a famous tourist destination for Vietnamese tourists in Türkiye, is more than 320 km from the earthquake site.
"We always update information daily to ensure providing customers with the safest tours. Temporarily, tours to Cappadocia have not recorded any major impact on tourists," said Ms. Phan Thu Hien - CEO of Sors Travel Vietnam.
Up to now, international airlines are still operating flights to and from Türkiye. In particular, Türkiye's main international airport, Istanbul - where most tours from Vietnam will land - is still operating normally.
So far, CNN said, there are no signs that any travel to popular destinations in Türkiye has been disrupted.
However, according to international experts, tourists should still be wary of the possibility of aftershocks. According to the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland, the earthquake's tremors could be felt as far away as Greenland.
Some countries such as the US and UK have advised their citizens to "avoid travel to areas affected by the earthquake". However, neither country has asked its citizens to avoid other unaffected areas of Türkiye.
At the moment, US tourists are advised to "avoid areas affected by the earthquake". Meanwhile, the UK Foreign Office is advising its citizens to "avoid surrounding areas". Tourists to Turkey are advised to choose tourist destinations that are not affected by the earthquake.
