Turkey’s tourism revenue skyrocketed in 2023, reaching a record high of $54.3 billion with an increase of 17 percent over the previous year, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
A total of 57.1 million people, both foreigners and Turks living abroad, visited Turkey in 2023, an 11.1 percent increase over 2022. Almost 14 percent of all visitors in 2023, 7.7 million, comprised Turkish expatriates.
The tourism industry’s previous record was $46.48 billion in 2022.
In the fourth quarter of last year, tourism revenue climbed 6.8 percent over the fourth quarter of the previous year to $12.27 billion, Turkstat data showed.
2023 yılında turizmde tüm zamanların en iyi performansını sergiledik.
Ülkemizi ziyaret eden kişi sayısı yıllık yüzde 11,1 artışla 57,1 milyona ulaşarak yıl sonu hedefini (56,7 milyon) aştı. Turizm geliri ise 54,3 milyar dolar olarak gerçekleşti.
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