ISTANBUL
A ferry is moving on the Goldenhorn estuary, surrounded by seagulls as the Suleymaniye Mosque is seen in the background, in Istanbul on June 17, 2024.
Some 15.78 million foreign tourists visited Türkiye in the January-May period, marking a 12.47 percent increase from a year ago, according to data from the Culture and Tourism Ministry released on June 25.
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Including Turks residing abroad, 17.8 million people visited the country in the first five months of 2024.
In May alone, foreign tourist arrivals surged 14 percent year-on-year to 5.13 million, accelerating from the 8.7 percent annual increase recorded in the previous month.
Germans constituted the largest group of…