“We attach great importance to the development of our bilateral tourism relations. Therefore, as the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, we are ready to support the Indian tourism authority to increase the number of Turkish visitors in India,” Gozet said.
He said they have been in close cooperation with the Travel Agents Association of India (TAAI), the biggest tourism association in India.
Gozet said there is an increasing popularity of Türkiye among Indian tourists with arrivals growing by 17 per cent to an estimated 2.7 lakh visitors in 2023 as compared to 2.3 lakh in 2022.
“Looking ahead, Turkiye aims at hosting more than 3.5 lakh Indian visitors by the end of 2024,” he said.
According to a 2023 global travel report, Turkiye, which shares a border with Europe, emerged as the major “comeback destination” with a 73 per cent increase in the number of visitors as compared to pre-pandemic levels, outpacing France (33 per cent up) and Spain (31 per cent up).
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