Yearender: The world's top 10 tourism industry events in 2015

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8. Russia imposes sanctions against Turkey’s tourism industry

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Nov28 imposing punitive economic sanctions against Turkey after the jet shootdown incident, which has frozen the two countries' bilateral relations. The decree includes a series of measures against Turkey's tourism, including a ban of tour packages sales to Turkey, prohibiting all charter flights to Turkey and banning Russian travel firmsfrom selling holidays there. The sanction is predicted to deliver a hard blow to Turkey's tourism industry since the country has long been the top foreign travel destination for Russians.