Foreign visitors to Turkey rise 14.38 pct to 2.5 million in October
Posted by meb at November 24th, 2008
The number of foreign visitors to Turkey rose 14.38 percent year-on-year in October to 2.462 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Monday.
Tourism is an important source of foreign currency for Turkey, which has a large current account deficit. In September the number of foreign visitors had grown 6.49 percent from a year earlier.
The number of foreign tourists in the first ten months of the year rose 13.40 percent from a year earlier to 23.977 million.
Germany sent the highest number of tourists to Turkey in October, with a total of 499,874 making up 20.30 percent of all arrivals, followed by Britain which accounted for 9.41 percent of visitors.
The Mediterranean resort city of Antalya was the top destination for foreign visitors, drawing 31.38 percent of all arrivals.
Turkey’s largest city Istanbul was the second most popular destination, attracting 28.10 percent of foreign visitors.
source: Hurriyet daily news
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