The number of foreign visitors to Türkiye increased by 128% in the January-July period this year compared to the first seven-month period of the previous year, according to official data Monday.
With this increase, tourist arrivals have reached 23.3 million, the data by the Culture and Tourism Ministry showed.
In the seven-month period, Germany sent the most number of tourists to Türkiye.
The number of visitors coming from that country topped 2.9 million with a 137% year-on-year rise.
Russians took second place with an increase of 41.36% to reach 2.1 million while the United Kingdom took third place with an increase of 2,036% and 1.8 million tourists from that country.
Britain was followed by Bulgaria and Iran, respectively.
Meanwhile, according to separate data released by the Turkish Statical Institute (TurkStat), a total of 26.1 million visitors were hosted in the period, together with 3.1 million Turkish citizens residing abroad.
Last month alone,…
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