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Number of Iranian tourists visiting Turkey’s Van province up 40%

Business Materials 16 October 2017 22:07 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 16

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Turkey's Van Province was visited by 335,000 Iranian tourists in January-September 2017, which is 40 percent more compared to the same period in 2016, reads a message from the Van Province Department of Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

The Van Province is expected to be visited by about 450,000 Iranian tourists by late 2017.

During Eid al-Adha holiday, Sept. 1-10, 32,000 Iranian tourists visited Van Province.

In 1H17, Turkey was visited by 12.25 million foreigners, which is 14.05 percent more than in January-June 2016.

The number of foreigners who visited Turkey in June 2017 increased by 43 percent compared to the same month of 2016. In June 2017, almost 3.5 million foreigners visited Turkey, nearly 42,000 of them travelled to other countries through Turkey.

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