Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 14
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In September 2018, 3,735,801 of 5,425,845 tourists who visited Turkey arrived in the country via air transport, which accounted for 77.95 percent of the total number of tourists arriving in the country, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism told Trend on Nov. 14.
"In September 2018, 144,224 tourists arrived in Turkey by sea, which is 3.01 percent of their total number," the ministry said.
According to the ministry, the remaining 1,545,820 tourists arrived in Turkey by road and rail transport.
In September 2018, 1,894,451 tourists arrived in Antalya by air. In Istanbul this figure stood at 1,232,278.
According to the ministry, during the first nine months of 2018, 10,621,151 tourists arrived in Antalya by air transport, and while 10,082,808 arrived in Istanbul.
The ministry noted that 5,425,845 tourists visited Turkey in September 2018, which is 15.64 percent more than in the same period 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.
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 January-September 2018, 31,815,952 tourists visited Turkey, which is 22.08 percent more than in January-September 2017.
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