Hi all.
We were there form 21-28 august. When we were leaving manchester to go to
dalaman 2 previous flights that had been delayed were also leaving at the same time to go to dalaman also. When we finally arrived at dalaman at 0330 everyone seemed to have arrived at once including flights from germany and several locations in the uk. I would guesstimate that there were at least 3000+ people trying to get through visa control and passport control on that night/morning. The visa area was absolutely packed!!!
Due to the massive crowds we were all told to send up 1 person per party with the passports and visa payments to the visa desk. However I would imagine that this was solely due to the massive amount of holiday makers all arriving at once in the wee hours of the morning. My boyfriend took my passportand the money for both up to the visa desk whilst I tried to get into the other queue behind hundreds of other people. He carries a british passport and his visa cost the standard £10. I have dual nationality and use an Irish passport. He gave the visa person £10 for my visa and was given back £2 in change.
The system does seem to be a little variable to say the least, as 1 man who was ahead of my boyfriend had payed £20 for his visa and was told that they had no change!