Baku, Azerbaijan, June 28
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Some 58,133 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey in May 2019, which is 7.56 percent less compared to May 2018, Trend reports referring to Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of tourists who visited Turkey in May 2019 was 1.45 percent.
In January-May 2019, 271,500 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey, which is 1.50 percent less compared to the same period of 2018.
The share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of tourists who visited Turkey in January-May 2019 was 2.13 percent.
The ministry noted that 4.022 million tourists visited Turkey in May 2019, which is 9.35 percent more compared to the same period in 2018.
During this period, over 1 million tourists visited Istanbul, while 1.7 million tourists visited Antalya.
According to the ministry, in January-May 2019, 12.757 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 11.30 percent more compared to January-May 2018.
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