India will be amongst the top 10 markets for Turkey in the next three years, H.E. Firat Sunel, Turkish Ambassador to India, told businessline. Onur Gözet, Deputy General Director of Promotion, Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Türkiye, said that Indian tourists are likely to increase by 30 per cent to 3.50 lakh in 2024.
Gözet told businessline that travel between India and Turkey has increased “multifold” over the past few years.
In 2020, according to him, over 2.20 lakh tourists visited Turkey. However, because of covid, there was a dip. This number crossed pre-Covid levels in 2022 itself. In 2023, “over 2.70 lakh tourists visited Turkey. We expect this to go up by 30 per cent to 3.50 lakh in 2024.”
Largest contributor
H E. Firat Sunel added that Germany is the largest contributor of tourism with over 5.50 lakh travellers visiting Turkiye every year followed by the Russian Federation and the UK followed by others. “In 2023, we had over 3.70 lakh travelers from the…
