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Turkey’s tourism income surged by 17% to an all-time high of 54.3 billion dollars in 2023, surpassing the previous record of 46.48 billion dollars set in 2022, figures released on Jan. 31 by state-run Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed. In 2019, prior to the pandemic, revenues stood at 38.4 billion dollars.
The total number of visitors to Turkey in 2023 grew to 57.1 million, an 11.1 percent increase compared to 2022. These figures include both foreigners and Turkish citizenship holders abroad, with the latter group accounting for 7.7 million visitors.
Russia and Europe spearheaded foreign arrivals. Russians topped the list with 6.3 million, making up 12.8% of all visitors, an increase of 20.7% compared to 2022. Visitors from Germany came in second, with 6.2 million, a 9% increase compared to the previous year.
Over 11 million residents from Turkey visited abroad, according to TÜİK’s numbers, with an average expenditure of 639 dollars per capita.
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