Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 9
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In September 2017, around 2 million foreign tourists visited Istanbul, which is by 30 percent more than in September 2016, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism told Trend Oct. 9.
Meanwhile, 736,400 tourists arrived in Istanbul from Germany, 636,800 tourists - from Iran and 470,500 people - from Saudi Arabia.
In January-September 2017, 8 million foreign tourists visited Istanbul, which is by 13 percent more than in the same period of 2016, the ministry said.
Turkey is actively developing the tourism sector. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, in April-June 2017, revenues from the country’s tourism sector increased by 8.7 percent and reached $5.4 billion compared to the same period of 2016.
In January-June 2017, 12.25 million foreign tourists visited Turkey, which is by 14.05 percent more compared to the same period of 2016.
The number of foreigners who visited Turkey in June 2017 was by 43 percent more than in June 2016.
In June 2017, almost 3.5 million foreigners visited Turkey, 42,000 of them traveled to other countries through Turkey.
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