Tourist record in Antalya, the tourism city, in the first 11 months

As of the end of November, nearly 15 million 371 thousand tourists have visited Antalya from nearly 200 countries. With this figure, 2023 became a new record year, reaching the highest number of tourists in the history of tourism in Antalya.

According to the data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the total number of tourists who visited Antalya from January 1 to November 30, 2023, reached 15 million 371 thousand 773. With one month left until the end of 2023, it became the year with the highest number of tourists in the history of Antalya tourism. This surpasses the all-time record of 15 million 280 thousand tourists in 2019. In November, Antalya hosted 404,946 tourists, marking a 0.7% increase compared to November of the previous year. Germans topped the list in November with 118,000 tourists, Russians ranked second with 80,000 tourists, followed by Britons with 44,000 tourists. Poland came in fourth with nearly 17,000 tourists, and the Netherlands took the fifth spot with nearly 6,000 tourists.

In the total of 11 months, 15 million 371 thousand 773 tourists visited Antalya from nearly 200 countries, with foreigners constituting 14.5 million and Turkish vacationers living abroad making up 870 thousand. In the first 11 months of 2023, the number of Russian tourists took the lead with a 15% increase compared to the previous year, reaching 3 million 401 thousand. The total share of Russians in the tourist arrivals was 23.4%. Germany, ranking second, saw an increase of nearly 19% with 3 million 285 thousand tourists, and their total share in tourist numbers was 22.6%.

Antalya surpassed the all-time record of 2019 in total tourist numbers, with the only decline compared to 2019 coming from Russia and Ukraine due to the ongoing war. In 2019, 5.5 million Russians and 802 thousand Ukrainians visited, whereas in the same period of 2023, the number of Russian tourists remained at 3.4 million, and Ukrainians at 264 thousand.