Baku, Azerbaijan, May 4
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In March 2018, 161,068 citizens of the Central Asian countries, namely, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, visited Turkey, the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry told Trend.
The figure is 58,402 people more, compared to March 2017.
In March 2018, 51,025 Turkmen citizens visited Turkey, which is 7,832 people more compared to March 2017.
During the reporting period, 0.99 percent accounted for the share of Turkmen citizens in a total number of the foreigners, who visited Turkey, the ministry said.
In March 2018, 56,052 Uzbek citizens visited Turkey, which is 22,712 people more compared to March 2017.
During the reporting period, 1.9 percent accounted for the share of Uzbek citizens in a total number of the foreigners, who visited Turkey, the ministry said.
According to the ministry, in March 2018, 24,992 Kyrgyz citizens visited Turkey, which is 4,789 people more compared to March 2017. In March 2018, 0.53 percent accounted for the share of Kyrgyz citizens in a total number of foreign citizens who visited Turkey.
"In March 2018, 9,150 Tajik citizens visited Turkey, which is 3,155 people more compared to March 2017," the ministry said. "In March 2018, 0.18 percent accounted for the share of Tajik citizens in a total number of the foreigners, who visited Turkey."
According to the ministry, 39,849 Kazakh citizens visited Turkey in March 2018, which is 9,908 people more compared to March 2017.
During the reported period, 0.78 percent accounted for the share of Kazakh citizens in a total number of the foreigners, who visited Turkey.
In March 2018, more than 2.879 million foreign tourists visited the country. In the first quarter of 2018, 7.263 million tourists visited Turkey.
Turkey's tourism income grew 31.3 percent in the first quarter of 2018 as compared to the same period last year.
The country's tourism income totaled $4.425 billion during the period. During the period, 76.1 percent of the total income accounted for foreign citizens and 23.9 percent accounted for the Turkish citizens living abroad.
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