#Foreign

All-time record in tourism

Turkey hosted a total of 36 million 754 thousand 146 visitors in the first 8 months of 2023. 33 million 426 thousand 940 of the visitors were foreigners, and 3 million 327 thousand 206 were citizens residing abroad. According to the data of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the first 8 months of the year, there was a 13.95 percent increase in the number of foreign visitors coming to Turkey compared to the same period of the previous year. Among the countries that sent the most visitors to Turkey in the first 8 months, compared to the same period of the previous year; Russian Federation came first with an increase of 44.84 percent and 4 million 351 thousand 254 people, Germany came second with an increase of 6.03 percent and 4 million 82 thousand 994 people, and England came third with an increase of 12.36 percent and 2 million 652 thousand 188 people. These countries were followed by Bulgaria and Iran, respectively. Germany comes first in August The number of foreign visitors coming to Turkey in August this year amounted to 6 million 660 thousand 700, with an increase of 5.65 percent compared to the same month last year. Among the countries sending the most visitors in August: Germany comes first with a 1.52 percent increase and 871 thousand 270 people compared to the same month of the previous year, the Russian Federation comes second with a 5.68 percent increase and 852 thousand 640 people, and the United Kingdom comes third with a 6.96 percent increase and 588 thousand 448 people. Iran and Poland followed the ranking.