Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 7 / Trend R. Hafizoglu /
The number of foreign tourists arriving in Istanbul for eight months, was about 6.15 million, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism said today.
According to the report, the figure is 18 percent more than during the same period of last year.
|
Country |
Number of tourists in thousands, Jan-Aug. |
|
Germany |
708 , 863 |
|
Russia |
349 , 109 |
|
U.S |
322 , 272 |
|
France |
295 , 320 |
|
Italy |
285 , 153 |
|
Iran |
284 , 866 |
|
England |
281 , 594 |
|
Holland |
175 , 675 |
|
Iraq |
137 , 237 |
|
Spain |
133 , 842 |
|
Libya |
131 , 269 |
|
Azerbaijan |
127 , 907 |
|
Ukraine |
124 , 638 |
|
Japan |
121 , 774 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
119 , 551 |
|
Tunisia |
52 , 547 |
|
Egypt |
68 ,378 |
|
Algeria |
63 , 14 |
|
Jordan |
51 , 297 |
|
Yemen |
7 ,182 |
According to the report, more than 5.8 million of tourists used the country's airspace.