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Number of tourists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan up in Turkey in August 2019

Türkiye Materials 3 October 2019 13:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct. 3

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Some 87,553 tourists from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan visited Turkey in August 2019, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism told Trend on Oct. 3.

In August 2019, 78,665 tourists from Kazakhstan visited Turkey, which is 0.82 percent more compared to August 2018.

"The share of the Kazakh citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey during the reporting period amounted to 1.25 percent," the ministry said.

In January-August 2019, 350,947 tourists from Kazakhstan visited Turkey, which is 3.95 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

The share of the Kazakh citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in January-August 2019 amounted to 1.13 percent.

According to the ministry, in August 2019, 8,888 tourists from Kyrgyzstan visited Turkey, which is 2.92 percent more compared to August 2018.

"The share of the Kyrgyz citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey during the reporting period amounted to 0.14 percent," the ministry said.

In January-August 2019, 82,645 tourists from Kyrgyzstan visited Turkey, which is 0.93 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

The share of the Kyrgyz citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in January-August 2019 amounted to 0.27 percent.

In August 2019, 6.307 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 17.17 percent more compared to August 2018.

During the reporting period, 2.4 million tourists visited Antalya, while 1.5 million tourists - Istanbul.

In January-August 2019, 31 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 14.72 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

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