Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 31
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In September 2018, 88,515 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey, which is 13.54 percent more than in the same month of 2017, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey told Trend Oct. 31.
The ministry noted that the share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in September 2018 was 1.85 percent.
For comparison, this figure was 2.43 percent in September 2017.
According to the ministry, in Jan.-Sept. 2018, 681,014 Azerbaijani tourists visited Turkey, which is 12.93 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
"Thus, 2.14 percent accounted for the share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in Jan.-Sept. 2018,” the ministry said.
The ministry noted that 5,425,845 tourists visited Turkey in September 2018, which is 15.64 percent more than in the same month of 2017.
“Some 589,754 tourists from Germany, 317,748 - from the UK, 308,066 - from Bulgaria and 195,850 tourists from Georgia visited Turkey in September 2018,” the ministry said.
During the above-mentioned period, 1,899,103 tourists, accounting for 39.62 percent of the total number of tourists, visited the Turkish province of Antalya.
In September 2018, 1,235,301 tourists, accounting for 25.77 percent of the total number of tourists, visited Istanbul.
As of Jan.-Sept. 2018, 31,815,952 tourists visited Turkey, which is 22.08 percent more than in Jan.-Sept. 2017.
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