Did you like many holidaymakers in 2009 decide to visit Turkey because it offered value for money, guaranteed hot weather or because it was recommended. I would love to hear your views!. We are completely biased towards Turkey having holidayed there on many occasions before finally opting to buy our own place initially as a holiday home with the option in the next five years of retiring there.

The lifestyle, food and people were also an influencing factor. I would recommend the country to anyone looking for a diverse and vibrant country

It appears they have just got greedy. We visited Belek 5 years ago to find that the Euro was the preferred currency, now they have gone one step further and started charging Euro Zone prices.

This is not the case on the Turquoise Coast (Aegean) side of Turkey. We own a holiday home in Ovacik and the goold old £ and YTL are still preferred and the pricesreflect this with a good three course meal costing less than £10. It seem the locals are also reluctant to join th United States of Europe having seen an influx of tourists fed up with being ripped off at populat tourist destinations in Europe

Just back from Ovacik on the Turquoise coast having enjoyed our thrd holiday there this year and we are already booked to go again in May for three weeks this time. We have obviously found our heaven on earth!!!. We stayed at the Oscar apartments on the outskirts of Hisaronu in the village of Ovacik - we stayed in C4 which was one of four apartments in a block of four. There were only 12 apartments on this small complex so the pool never got crowded. It was the ideal location for exploring and we managed to visit Olu Deniz, Kaya Koy and Fethiye all be dolmus.

As always I have kept the best to last - Gemiler Beach a real gem. Just down the coast from Olu Deniz there we only 20 people on the beach which offered an array of wattersports. The local ladies prepared a gastronomic feast with drinks all for 10YTL - thats about £4.50 sterling NOT BAD.

Next visit we intend to got to Ephasus and Pomulkae so I'll keep you informed onmy return

This is an interesting topic! I wonder if the tourist industry in Turkey realises that a lot of UK travellers are going there precisely because it is such good value. If they erode this value because of over-eagerness to capitalise on the trade, I suspect that a lot of people will vote with their feet and return to their more traditional haunts of Spain and Greece.

I don't suppose individual traders think like that though - probably want to grab what they can while it lasts, knowing that everyone around them will raise prices anyway even if they don't. It's the malaise of short-termism - a phenomenon that has done so much damage to so many businesses over the years.

Having said all that, Turkey is a magical place and in my opinion still well worth the money even if it's not so cheap as it was.

Michael