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Ministry: About 70% of tourists visiting Turkey prefer air transport

Tourism Materials 3 January 2019 13:48 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 3

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Some 1.3 million or 68.67 percent of 1.9 million tourists, who visited Turkey in November 2018, arrived in the country by air, Trend reports referring to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey.

"In November 2018, 36,300 tourists arrived in Turkey by sea, which is 1.85 percent of the total number of arriving tourists," the ministry said.

The ministry noted that the remaining 579,000 tourists arrived in Turkey by road and rail transport.

The ministry further added that in November 2018, 255,000 tourists arrived in the Turkey's Antalya province by air transport, while in Istanbul this number reached one million.

In January-November 2018, 12.2 million tourists arrived by air in Turkey's Antalya province, while in Istanbul this number reached 12.3 million, the ministry said.

In November 2018, 1.9 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 19.97 percent more compared to November 2017, according to the ministry.

In January-November 2018, 37.5 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 22.25 percent more than in January-November 2017, the ministry noted.

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