ISTANBUL
Türkiye has become a popular destination for British golfers, according to U.K.-based golf tourism agency Par5 Escapes.
Co-founder Abdullah Hazar told state-run Anadolu Agency that 5 million of Europe’s 10 million golfers reside in the U.K., making Türkiye a key market for British golf tourism.
In 2023, Russians, Germans, Brits, Kazakhs and Poles were the top foreign visitors to Belek, a renowned golf resort in Türkiye’s southern Antalya province.
In 2023, 162,426 visitors from the U.K. traveled to Belek, the highest for British tourists in the last four years.
“Türkiye, particularly the Belek region, is a key market for British golf tourism,” Hazar said, noting that Belek’s world-class…
