The number of foreign visitors to Türkiye reached 3.61 million in April, according to official data, as the critical tourism industry sustains a strong trend.
Foreign arrivals climbed 8.7% from a year ago and exceeded 3.3 million tourists who arrived in April 2019 before the coronavirus pandemic halted travel worldwide.
Tourists from Germany topped the list among nations with 434,863 arrivals last month, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said.
They were followed by Russia at 396,155 and the United Kingdom at 330,112.
Arrivals from January through April rose 11.8% year-over-year to nearly 10.7 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said.
The data show that, combined with the 2 million Turkish citizens living abroad, the figure reached almost 12.7.
The foreign exchange it brings makes tourism vital to Türkiye, which is keen to flip current account deficits to a surplus, prioritizing exports, production and investments while curbing rising inflation.
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