Türkiye hosted 17.81 million visitors between January and May this year, according to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism’s latest statistics.
The number of foreign visitors surged by 12.47% year-on-year to 15.78 million.
German citizens lead in visitors
Germany led the ranking of countries sending the most visitors to Türkiye during these five months, with a 16.2% increase and 1.12 million visitors. Russia followed closely in second place with 1.08 million visitors. Iran showed a remarkable increase of 51.78% with 946,437 visitors, securing third place. Bulgaria and the United Kingdom followed these countries.
In May alone, Türkiye welcomed 5.13 million foreign visitors, marking a 14% increase compared to the same…