BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 13
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
The number of tourists from Uzbekistan visited Turkey amounted to 252,138 people in 2019, which is 4.52 percent more compared to 2018, Trend reports referring to the Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Feb. 13.
The share of Uzbek citizens in the total mass of foreigners visiting Turkey in 2019 amounted to 0.56 percent.
In December 2019, 17,136 tourists from Uzbekistan visited Turkey, which is 27.51 percent more compared to December 2018.
In January 2020 the share of Uzbek citizens in the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey amounted to 0.8 percent.
Over 2.1 million tourists visited Turkey in December 2019, which is 10.11 percent more compared to December 2018.
In 2019, more than 45 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 14.11 percent more compared to 2018.
In the meantime, over 14.9 million tourists visited Istanbul and 14.6 million tourists visited Antalya.
The remaining 15.5 million tourists accounted for country’s other cities.
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