ANKARA- Anadolu Agency
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey exceeded 12.7 million in 2020 amid the novel coronavirus-related travel restrictions and fall in demand, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Jan. 29.
Choked off by the virus, the figure fell 71.7% from the previous year, the ministry’s data showed.
Istanbul, Turkey’s largest city by population and a top tourist draw, welcomed 39% of foreign visitors – 5 million – last year. It was followed by the Mediterranean resort city of Antalya with 26% or nearly 3.3 million foreigners.
Edirne in northwestern Turkey, which borders both Bulgaria and Greece, saw 1.8 million foreign visitors in 2020.
Russians made up 16.8% or over 2 million of all visitors,…