Tourists in Turkey have reflected on the suicide attack at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport, which killed 41 people and wounded scores more.

The government said Islamic State extremists were believed responsible.

Some of the busiest tourist attractions in Istanbul, Sultanahmet district, where the world famous Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia are located were markedly less crowded.

Some of the fewer tourists visiting the historic peninsula have showed solidarity with the Turkish people and shared their grief.

Tourists in Turkey have reflected on the suicide attack at Istanbul's busy Ataturk Airport, which killed 41 people and wounded scores more.

The government said Islamic State extremists were believed responsible.

Some of the busiest tourist attractions in Istanbul, Sultanahmet district, where the world famous Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia are located were markedly less crowded.

Some of the fewer tourists visiting the historic peninsula have showed solidarity with the Turkish people and shared their grief.

CLIENTS PLEASE BE AWARE:

TURKISH AUTHORITIES HAVE IMPOSED A BLACKOUT ON THE DISTRIBUTION INSIDE TURKEY OF ANY MATERIAL CONCERNING THE AFTERMATH AND INVESTIGATION OF THE EXPLOSIONS AT ISTANBUL'S ATATURK AIRPORT.

THE BAN INCLUDES 'IMAGES THAT CAN LEAD TO FEAR, PANIC, CHAOS, HELPS THE AIM OF TERROR ORGANISATIONS, SHOWS THE MOMENT OF THE EXPLOSION, ITS AFTERMATH, ANYONE DEAD OR INJURED OR ANYTHING THAT WILL IMPEDE THE INVESTIGATION INCLUDING NAMING SUSPECTS.'

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Istanbul - 29 June 2016

1. Various of Blue Mosque and people walking around

2. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Amy Lee, Tourist from China:

"I'm not scared of terrorists and terrorist attacks. I'd like there to be peace in the world. I love travelling and seeing new places no matter what. The terrorist attacks do not scare me."

3. Square in front of Hagia Sophia

4. Bagel sellers in front of Hagia Sophia

5. SOUNDBITE (Vietnamese) Johnny Hoang, Tourist from Vietnam

"I got the news after we landed here, we had already checked in at our hotel in Istanbul. I feel very very sad and sorry. A lot of innocent people lost their lives. That is not good for anyone. I hope they can do something to make the security here better so that people can feel they are safe and they want to come back again."

6. Tram passing by Sultanahmet district

7. Few tourists walking in the streets

8. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Xin Sheng, Tourist from China:

"We love the Turkish people very much and I am happy being in Turkey. I do not feel scared of the terrorist attacks. We'd like Turkey to get better. Hopefully things will get better."

9. Various of people walking around Sultanahmet district

10. Wide of Hagia Sophia

Tourists in Istanbul continued enjoying their holiday on Wednesday, a day after a car bomb attack killed 11 people during the morning rush hour.

Thirty-six people were also wounded in Tuesday's blast, which involved a car bomb hitting a police vehicle.

Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks in the past year.

The outlawed rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, have targeted police and military personnel since July, when a fragile peace process between the rebels and the government collapsed.

The Islamic State group (IS) has also been blamed for a series of deadly bombings in Turkey, which is part of the US-led coalition against IS.

The PKK has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state in a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The group is considered an extremist organisation by Turkey and its allies.

The spike in violence has led to a sharp dip in tourism, a mainstay of the Turkish economy.

Tourists in Istanbul continued enjoying their holiday on Wednesday, a day after a car bomb attack killed 11 people during the morning rush hour.

Thirty-six people were also wounded in Tuesday's blast, which involved a car bomb hitting a police vehicle.

Turkey has been hit by a series of attacks in the past year.

The outlawed rebel Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, have targeted police and military personnel since July, when a fragile peace process between the rebels and the government collapsed.

The Islamic State group (IS) has also been blamed for a series of deadly bombings in Turkey, which is part of the US-led coalition against IS.

The PKK has waged a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state in a conflict that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.

The group is considered an extremist organisation by Turkey and its allies.

The spike in violence has led to a sharp dip in tourism, a mainstay of the Turkish economy.

Istanbul - 8 June 2016

1. Turkish flag in Sultanahmet neighbourhood of Istanbul

2. Palm trees at sunset

3. Birds flying above Sultanahmet

4. Tourists taking photographs

5. Tracking shot of tourist walking past Blue Mosque

6. Various of Alonso Ferrias, Chilean tourist, playing guitar near Blue Mosque

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Alonso Ferrias, Chilean tourist:

"We knew the bombing was like in the early morning, we didn't know about it until the late night. We had some plans that got cancelled about it. So yeah, it doesn't really affect our holidays, we are here. I understand this is the part of Middle East life."

8. British tourist Nathalie French taking video of Ferrias playing guitar

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Alonso Ferrias, Chilean tourist:

"I had a gig in Carawan rock bar in Taksim Square and the guy who was arranging the gig for me, when we got there we called him and he had sent me some messages on Facebook which I didn't see. And he told me, this happened today one of my friends got killed in the attack, so there is no gig and all the venue got cancelled."

10. Ferrias and French walking with Blue Mosque in the background

11. Pan from photographer to couple Luis Murgia and Jennifer de Roon jumping from bench to bench

12. SOUNDBITE (English) Luis Murgia and Jennifer de Roon, Canadian tourists:

De Roon: "It didn't affect us personally, we were really, really sad for what happened and for the families of the people who were killed and we're fortunate that doesn't affect us personally, we didn't hear anything and we continue our travels as normal."

Murgia: "Yeah, we are trying to enjoy our honeymoon and we are enjoying this beautiful city."

13. Shop owner sitting on a chair in the middle of the street in bazaar near Sultanahmet

14. Cuneyt Gultepe, salesman, standing in the doorway of shop he works at

15. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Cuneyt Gultepe, salesman:

"Usually this place would be full but if you count, maybe there are three or four tourists. Usually this place is very crowded in June."

16. Various of street vendor

17. Various of Molham Mo'allem, salesman outside shop he works at

18. SOUNDBITE (English) Molham Mo'allem, salesman:

"The problem doesn't come after the bombing. The problem comes after one week. Because people who have come already to Istanbul, they have a journey here, they will stay about the end of their journey. But if someone wants to come new or he has a ticket to come, he will change it."

19. Mo'allem working

20. Boast passing by with Hagia Sofia in the background

21. Hagia Sofia museum

22. Boat passing by

SHOTLIST

++PLEASE NOTE: PICTURES AND SOUND ARE NOT FULLY SYNCHRONISED++

1. Pan from sunrise to St. Sophia Mosque

2. Dome of St. Sophia

3. Various of Blue Mosque

4. Various of tourists

5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Robert Menschick, Polish tourist:

"Nowadays terrorist attacks happen everyday, throughout the world. I think we got to count on our luck. About cancelling our trip; I wouldn't cancel it, it is just risky today, but nevertheless I feel safe here, I trust the security system, police and I hope nothing will happen."

6. SOUNDBITE: (English) Sviatoslav Voloshin, US tourist:

"Thought about (leaving) yesterday, we thought about all the different options, should we go, should we delay the trip, but we decided to go. Might not have another chance like this."

7. Various of tourists

8. Tourists walking with cameras outside at the Tourism Agency

9. Various of tourism agency

10. SOUNDBITE: (Turkish) Yasar Dogan, tour agent:

"There will be cancellations, there will be people not willing to come because a holiday is something that people like to enjoy, if there'll be threats against their life, sure they will stop coming."

11. Various of police at the gate of Blue Mosque

STORYLINE:

Tourists in Turkey considered leaving the country on Tuesday after a series of explosions at the height of the tourist season targeted resorts on the Mediterranean coast on Sunday and Monday.

Monday's explosion in the centre of Antalya, one of Turkey's most popular Mediterranean resorts, killed three people and injured at least 20 others.

It came less than a day after bomb attacks struck Marmaris, another Mediterranean resort, and an Istanbul neighbourhood.

In the Marmaris attack on Sunday, a bomb placed on a minibus exploded injuring 10 British tourists and 11 Turks.

In Istanbul tourists displayed a mix of reactions.

"I wouldn't cancel, it is just risky today, but nevertheless I feel safe here, I trust the security system, police and I hope nothing will happen," Robert Menschick, a Polish tourist said.

"We thought about all the different options, should we go, should we delay the trip, but we decided to go. Might not have another chance like this," Sviatoslav Voloshin, a tourist from the United States said.

A militant Kurdish group that has threatened to target Turkey's vital tourism industry, claimed responsibility for the two bomb attacks on Sunday night and again warned tourists against coming to Turkey.

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, a small militant group believed to be an offshoot of the much larger Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, claimed responsibility for that blast and an earlier attack in Istanbul that injured six people on Sunday.

Kurdish militants have been fighting for autonomy in southeastern Turkey since 1984 and most PKK attacks have been limited to the largely Kurdish southeast.

The Falcons, however, have concentrated attacks on Turkey's western cities and tourism centres.