Minister of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Türkiye Mehmet Nuri Ersoy Wednesday said that Türkiye broke its own record in 2023 with 56.7 million visitors and 54.3 billion dollars (TL 1.64 trillion) in revenue.
The minister spoke at the 2023 Tourism Data Evaluation Meeting in Ankara.
The year 2023 set new records in Türkiye’s tourism, the minister added.
Istanbul, Türkiye’s largest city by population, was the top tourist draw, attracting 17.4 million foreign visitors last year.
The famed resort city of Antalya on the Turkish Riviera ranked second with 14.8 million foreign visitors in 2023.
The northwestern province of Edirne, which borders both Bulgaria and Greece and the Aegean province of Mugla followed them with 4.7 million and 3.3 million, respectively.
Russians made up 12.8% of all foreign visitors or at 6.3 million, rising 20.7% from the previous year.
It was followed by Germans at 6.2 million (up 9% annually), Britons at 3.8 million (up 12.8%), Bulgarians at 2.9 million…
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