ANKARA
Türkiye welcomed 2.2 million foreign tourists in the first month of 2024, marking a 6.06 percent increase from a year, according to data from the Tourism Ministry on Feb. 21.
Iranians constituted the largest group of foreign visitors at 240,643, up 14 percent from January last year.
Some 204,000 Russians visited Türkiye last month, marking a 12 percent decline compared to the same month of 2024.
German tourists rose by 5 percent annually to more than 150,000, while visitors from Bulgaria increased by 2 percent to 166,000, showed data from the ministry.
Last year, Türkiye welcomed 52.6 million foreign tourists, a 7 percent increase from 2023.
Including Turks residing abroad, the number of visitors…
