Turkey receives 25 million tourists during the first half of this year
The number of foreign tourists who went to the Turkish Republic in the first half of this year, 25 million tourists from around the world
It quoted local media yesterday by the Minister of Tourism and Culture Turkish Omar Celik said that his country has achieved the percentage increase in the number of tourists reached 7 per cent compared to the same period last year, in 2013, a high percentage compared to the size of the increase in global tourism, which ranged between 4-5 per cent, according to the World Tourism Organization.
He added that German tourists solved in the first rank among the most nationalities Tourism in Turkey during the last August, and the number reached 809 thousand and 981 tourists, Russia 776 thousand and 642 tourists then Britain 435 thousand and 302 tourists.
And enhances the demand for tourism in the territory of the Turkish state security and stability in the country, which is reflected on the Turkish tourism sector and its employees.
The cities of Antalya, south of the country, and the historic Istanbul, Bursa and west of the main destinations for foreign tourists in addition to the demand for areas north of the Black Sea and tourism in the historic cities of the south, which has been active in the past two years.
And revenues from the tourism sector during the second quarter of the current year ie during the months of April, May and June to 8 billion dollars and 980 are estimated to increase by 7.9 per cent compared with the same period of last year
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