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Number of Turkmen tourists in Turkey up by over 20 percent

Türkiye Materials 4 December 2019 17:31 (UTC +04:00)
Number of Turkmen tourists in Turkey up by over 20 percent

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Dec. 4

By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:

Some 25,224 tourists from Turkmenistan visited Turkey in October 2019, which is 20.2 percent more compared to October 2018, a source in the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry told Trend on Dec. 4.

“The share of Turkmen citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey during the reporting period amounted to 0.6 percent,” the ministry said.

From January through October 2019, 256,000 tourists from Turkmenistan visited Turkey, which is 20 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

The share of Turkmen citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey from January through October 2019 amounted to 0.6 percent.

Over 4.2 million tourists visited Turkey in October 2019, which is 14.2 percent more compared to October 2018.

During the reporting period, over 1.6 million people visited Antalya, while over 1.3 million tourists visited Istanbul.

From January through October 2019, over 40.7 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 14.2 percent more compared to the same period of 2018.

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