ISTANBUL
Türkiye’s tourism revenues rose by 8.3 percent in 2024 from 2023 to reach a new record level of $61.1 billion, data from the Turkish Statistical Institute showed on Jan. 31.
The country welcomed 62.2 million visitors in 2024, up 9 percent on a yearly basis, according to the statistics authority.
While tourism income from visitors was $60.5 billion, income from transfer passengers amounted to $606 million, TÜİK said.
Some 17 percent of tourism income was obtained from Turkish citizens residing abroad.
Average expenditures per capita from visitors in 2024 were $972 in total and $97 per night. In 2023, the total per capita expenditures averaged $979.
In 2024, visitors visited…
