Turkey’s tourism industry had a robust year in 2018, according to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The income from foreign visitors was around $24.03 billion, compared to $20.22 billion in 2017.
In 2016, tourism income from foreign visitors was just $15.99 billion, compared to a high of $25.44 billion in 2015.
Figures showed that Turkey’s income from foreign visitors decreased from 2015 to 2016, but it began to grow again in 2017.
Data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Turkish Statistical Institute suggests that there was a steady increase in the number of foreign visitors between 2016 and 2018.
In 2016, there were 25.35 million foreign visitors to Turkey. This number increased by 27.84 percent in 2017 to 32.41 million foreign visitors.
Between 2017 and 2018, the number of foreign visitors increased by 21.84 percent, with the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey last year reaching 39.49 million.
Between January and December 2018, foreign visitors’ most popular ports of entry were as follows:
Turkey was most popular in 2018 with visitors from the Russian Federation, Germany, Bulgaria, Britain, and Georgia, in that order. The Russian Federation sent the most visitors, close to six million in 2018 and 4.72 million in 2017.
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