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Over 4 million tourists arrived in Turkey by air in September 2019

Türkiye Materials 6 November 2019 13:57 (UTC +04:00)

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 6

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Some 4.2 million people out of 5.4 million tourists who visited Turkey in September 2019 arrived by air, which is 78 percent of the total number of tourists, Trend reports on Nov. 6 referring to the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.

In September 2019, 193,756 tourists arrived by sea, which is 3.6 percent of the total number, the ministry said. Some 997,585 tourists arrived in Turkey by vehicles and railway.

The ministry noted that in September 2019, 2.1 million people arrived in the Turkish province of Antalya, while 1.4 million tourists arrived in Istanbul by air.

“From January through September 2019, 28.2 million tourists arrived in Turkey by air, which makes 77.5 percent of their total number,” the ministry said.

In September 2019, 5.4 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 13.2 percent more compared to September 2018.

During the reporting period, 2.2 million tourists visited Antalya, 1.4 million tourists - Istanbul.

From January through September 2019, 36.4 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 14.5 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

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