🌍 Dogs help travelers 🌏 🔵 Istanbul Airport now offers therapy dogs to calm anxious travelers before their flights. 🔵 The program aims to reduce stress and anxiety among passengers. Travelers like Anastasia Podmazova find comfort in petting dogs like Kuki, praising the service. Positive feedback has prompted the airport to consider expanding the project from five to ten dogs. Abdulkadir Demirtas, a customer experience manager, highlights the proven benefits of animal-human interaction in reducing stress. 🔵 Dog expert Murat Cengiz Koca ensures that the trained dogs remain calm and unreactive to sounds or people, making them suitable for the role. Difficult words 📝 ✅ calm /kɑːm/ not excited, nervous or upset ✅ anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/ feeling worried or nervous ✅ pet verb /pet/ to touch or move your hand gently over an animal or a child in a kind and loving way ✅ praise verb /preɪz/ to say that you approve of and admire somebody/something ✅ prompt verb /prɒmpt/ to make somebody decide to do something; to cause something to happen ✅ consider /kənˈsɪdə(r)/ to think about something carefully, especially in order to make a decision ✅ expand verb /ɪkˈspænd/ to become greater in size, number or importance; to make something greater in size, number or importance ✅ proven adjective /ˈpruːvn/ tested and shown to be true ✅ ensure /ɪnˈʃʊə(r)/ to make sure that something happens or is definite ✅ unreactive /ˌʌnriˈæktɪv/not responding to external factors You can watch the video news: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5npaQiQvf68