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Turkmens lead among Central Asian tourists visiting Turkey

Türkiye Materials 10 June 2019 12:39 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, June 10

By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:

Tourists from Turkmenistan lead among the citizens of Central Asian countries visiting Turkey, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey told Trend.

According to the ministry, Turkey was visited by 22,000 tourists from Turkmenistan in April 2019, which is 9.51 percent more compared to the same period in 2018.

"The share of citizens of Turkmenistan in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey during this period was 0.67 percent," the ministry said.

It was noted that Turkey was visited by 87,200 tourists from Turkmenistan in January-April 2019, which is 22.48 percent more compared to the same period in 2018.

"The share of Turkmen citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in January-April 2019 was 1 percent," the ministry said.

In April 2019, 3.293 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 24.01 percent more compared to April 2018.

During the reporting period, over 1.3 million tourists visited Istanbul, while 931,000 tourists visited Antalya.

In January-April 2019, 8.735 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 12.22 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

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