Turkey witnesses surge in foreign arrivals by 225.6 per cent YoY to 2.57 million
According to the date provided by the Culture and Tourism Ministry, the number of foreign visitors hosted by Turkey in the January-April period this year increased by 172.51 percent to 7.47 million compared to the same period last year.
In April, the highest number of foreign visitors was from Germany, with 395,372 people, followed by Bulgaria and the UK, with 270,997 and 225,269 travelers, respectively. Istanbul, Turkey's most populous city and a major tourist destination, attracted 37.9 percent of all international visitors, while 25.7 percent of them visited the southern Antalya province.
Turkey is rebounding in its crucial tourism sector as arrivals continue to gain pace, but the figures still fall behind the pre-pandemic level of April 2019, when it attracted 3.3 million foreign tourists, according to the official data.
Turkey's tourism revenue shrank by 70 percent in 2020 after garnering a record high of USD 34.5 billion in revenue the previous year. Turkey attracted a total of 30 million foreign tourist and achieved USD 24.5 billion in revenue in 2021.
