BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan.4
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
The number of tourists from Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan visiting Turkey amounted to 21,605 people and 20,582 people respectively in November 2019, which is 10 percent and 37.4 percent more compared to the same period of last year, Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism told Trend.
The share of Turkmen citizens in the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey in November 2019 amounted to 1 percent, whereas share of Uzbeks visiting Turkey was 0.9 percent.
The ministry added that from January through November 2019, over 277,605 tourists from Turkmenistan visited Turkey, which is 19.2 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.
In turn, number of Uzbek citizens who visited Turkey over the period from January through November amounted to 235,002 people, which is 3.2 percent more than during the same period of last year.
Share of Turkmen citizens in the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey amounted to 0.7 percent during 11 months, whereas share of Uzbeks visiting Turkey was 0.6 percent.
In November 2019, 2.1 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 11.4 percent more compared to November 2018, a source in the ministry said.
From January through November 2019, 42.9 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 14.3 percent more compared to the same period of 2018, the ministry said.
Over the first 11 months of 2019, over 14.4 million tourists visited Antalya, and over 13.7 million tourists visited Istanbul, while over 14.6 million tourists visited the other Turkish cities.
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