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Tourists prefer air transport for trips to Turkey

Türkiye Materials 9 August 2019 12:33 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 9

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Of the 5.3 million tourists who visited Turkey in June 2019, 4.3 million arrived by air, which is 81.29 percent of the total number of arrivals, Trend reports referring to the Turkish Minister of Culture and Tourism.

In June 2019, 154,100 tourists arrived by sea, which is 2.90 percent of the total number.

According to ministry's report, 839,200 tourists arrived in Turkey by road and rail transport.

The ministry noted that in June 2019, 1.2 million tourists arrived in the Turkish province of Antalya by air transport, while 1.3 million tourists arrived in Istanbul.

In January-June 2019, 13.902 million tourists arrived in Turkey by air, which is 76.91 percent of the total number of incoming tourists in the period.

Turkey was visited by over 5.3 million tourists in June 2019, which is 18.05 percent more compared to June 2018.

During this period, over 1.3 million people visited Istanbul and 2.2 million people visited Antalya.

According to the ministry, 18.076 million people visited Turkey in January-June 2019, which is 13.20 percent more compared to the same period in 2018.

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