Turkey welcomed more than 36 million tourists in 8 months
Turkey hosted 36 million 754 thousand 146 visitors in the 8-month period of the year. Thus, the number of visitors increased by 13.95 percent compared to the same period of the previous year.
According to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 33 million 426 thousand 940 foreigners and 3 million 327 thousand 206 citizens residing abroad visited Turkey until September this year.
In the 8-month period, the number of foreign visitors to Turkey increased by 13.95 percent compared to the same period last year.
In the ranking of the countries that sent the highest number of visitors to Turkey in this period, the Russian Federation ranked first with an increase of 44.84 percent and 4 million 351 thousand 254 people compared to the same period last year, Germany ranked second with an increase of 6.03 percent and 4 million 82 thousand 994 people, and the UK ranked third with an increase of 12.36 percent and 2 million 652 thousand 188 people. Bulgaria and Iran followed these countries respectively.
MOST VISITORS FROM GERMANY IN AUGUST
The number of foreign visitors to Turkey in August increased by 5.65 percent compared to the same month of the previous year and reached 6 million 660 thousand 700.
In the ranking of the countries that sent the most visitors in August, Germany ranked first with an increase of 1.52 percent and 871 thousand 270 people compared to the same month of the previous year, the Russian Federation ranked second with an increase of 5.68 percent and 852 thousand 640 people, and England ranked third with an increase of 6.96 percent and 588 thousand 448 people. Iran and Poland followed the ranking.
Turkey welcomed more than 36 million tourists in 8 months
