{"id":672008,"date":"2026-11-01T19:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672008\/"},"modified":"2026-11-01T19:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-11-01T19:22:32","slug":"turks-spend-8-2-billion-on-overseas-travel-in-nine-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/672008\/","title":{"rendered":"Turks spend $8.2 billion on overseas travel in nine months"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00d6zge Esen- ISTANBUL
\n\"Turks<\/p>\n

Travel spending by Turkish citizens abroad reached $8.23 billion in the first nine months of 2026, while the number of outbound travelers rose significantly, according to data released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (T\u00dc\u0130K).<\/p>\n

During the July-September period, the number of Turkish tourists traveling abroad increased 24.2 percent year-on-year to 4.2 million, while their spending on overseas trips climbed 22.6 percent to $3.04 billion. Average spending per traveler stood at $723.<\/p>\n

In the first nine months of the year, the number of Turkish citizens traveling abroad rose 18.4 percent from a year earlier to 10.57 million. Total travel expenditures increased 7 percent to $8.23 billion, up from $7.69 billion in the same period of 2025.<\/p>\n

Food and beverage spending recorded the largest increase in absolute terms, rising 19.6 percent year-on-year to $1.77 billion. Accommodation expenditures increased 17.5 percent to $1.70 billion during the period.<\/p>\n

Transportation spending abroad was among the fastest-growing categories, surging 72.7 percent to $433 million from about $251 million a year earlier. Spending on sports, education and cultural activities posted the strongest percentage increase, jumping 236.6 percent to nearly $165 million.<\/p>\n

Spending on souvenirs rose 5.8 percent to $567 million, while expenditures on clothing and footwear declined 29.6 percent to $507 million.<\/p>\n

According to travel industry representatives, visa-free destinations account for about 60 percent of tour sales, while destinations requiring visas make up the remaining 40 percent.<\/p>\n

Data from Coral Travel showed strong demand for Spain\u2019s Andalusia region, the Swiss Alps via the Bernina Express, Scandinavia, the Norwegian fjords and Italy.<\/p>\n

Interest in long-haul destinations also increased, with demand for Japan rising 70 percent and South Korea increasing 50 percent compared with last year.<\/p>\n

According to Prontotour, the most popular destinations in the first weeks of early bookings for the 2027 season were Italy, Spain, Central Europe, Egypt and Japan. Demand for visa-free Morocco increased 180 percent year-on-year, making it one of the standout destinations among Turkish travelers.<\/p>\n

Tourism<\/a>, T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>, TUIK<\/a>, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00d6zge Esen- ISTANBUL Travel spending by Turkish citizens abroad reached $8.23 billion in the first nine months of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[72,113,61,60,63623,6306,273670],"class_list":["post-672008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-trkiye","tag-tourism","tag-tuik"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=672008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}