Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 23
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In June 2018, 75,624 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey, which is 19.61 percent more than in the same month of 2017, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey told Trend August 23.
The ministry noted that the share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in June 2018 was 1.68 percent. For comparison, this figure was 1.81 percent in June 2017.
The ministry noted that in June 2018, Turkey was visited by 5,091,496 tourists, which is 28.49 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
"Turkey was visited by 451,699 tourists from Germany, 306,647 tourists from the UK, 241,095 tourists from Ukraine and 210,989 tourists from Bulgaria in June 2018," the ministry said.
In June 2018, the tourism province of Antalya was visited by 1,933,899 tourists, which is 42.92 percent of the total number of tourists. Istanbul was visited by 1,100,389 people, which is 24.42 percent of the total number of tourists who visited Turkey during the period.
In January-June 2018, 15,968,001 tourists visited Turkey, which is 30.36 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
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