GLOBALink | Türkiye welcomes Chinese tourists with hospitality in Year of the Rabbit

STORY: Türkiye welcomes Chinese tourists with hospitality in Year of the Rabbit DATELINE: Jan. 30, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:03 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Istanbul city in Türkiye 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): HASAN EKER, Vice president of Association of Turkish Travel Agencies 3. various of Irfan Karsli 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): IRFAN KARSLI, Head of Istanbul-based Ligarba Travel Agency 5. various of Shangri-La hotel in Istanbul 6. various of TJ Joulak 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TJ JOULAK, General manager of Shangri-La Bosphorus in Istanbul 8. various of Sevgi Uzgen 9. SOUNDBITE 4 (Turkish): SEVGI UZGEN, Turkish history teacher 10. SOUNDBITE 5 (Turkish): BETUL PAKIS, Turkish designer STORYLINE: Soon after China downgraded its management of COVID-19 and facilitated the smooth and orderly cross-border travel, Türkiye started to see arrivals of Chinese tourists to spend the Lunar New Year holiday. After hosting over 420,000 Chinese tourists in 2019, Türkiye had initial

Indian man waiting for missing daughter amid rape cases

Indian man waiting for missing daughter amid rape cases

A 40-year-old Indian man in Betul in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, shown in a photo taken on Jan. 29, 2015, is waiting for the return of his 13-year-old daughter who went missing with her 16-year-old sister in April 2014. The older sister was found at a man's home 500 kilometers away nine months later and is believed to have been repeatedly raped by the man under confinement. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo