{"id":31540,"date":"2025-09-22T19:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/31540\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T19:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T19:42:10","slug":"tourist-arrivals-in-turkiye-rebound-in-august-to-hit-almost-7m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/31540\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourist arrivals in T\u00fcrkiye rebound in August to hit almost 7M"},"content":{"rendered":"

The number of foreign visitors in T\u00fcrkiye rose more than 2% in August, official data showed on Monday, bouncing back after three consecutive months of decline.<\/p>\n

About 6.97 million foreigners arrived last month, a 2.05% increase compared to last year, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said.<\/p>\n

Arrivals had fallen 5% in July, 1.8% in May and 1.5% in June.<\/p>\n

Tourism sector representatives earlier said higher prices in T\u00fcrkiye have hit demand.<\/p>\n

From January through August, the count still marked a 0.9% decline from a year ago and stood at 35.48 million, the ministry data showed.<\/p>\n

That figure reached 40.47 million when visits by Turks living abroad are included.<\/p>\n

Russia outseated Germany in August as T\u00fcrkiye’s largest source market with 990,709 visitors. Germany ranked second with 989,839 visitors.<\/p>\n

The United Kingdom wrapped up the top three with 638,937 visitors.<\/p>\n


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The ranking stood the same for the January-August period. Nearly 4.6 million Russians arrived in the first eight months, followed by 4.4 million visitors from Germany and just over 3 million from the U.K.<\/p>\n

For the whole of 2025, the country aims to attract 65 million visitors and generate $64 billion in tourism revenue. Arrivals jumped to 52.6 million last year, surpassing the previous record of 49.2 million in 2023.<\/p>\n

That figure reached nearly 62.3 million when visits by Turks living abroad are included, making it the world’s fourth-most visited country, according to data from the United Nations World Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n

Tourism is a vital industry that T\u00fcrkiye relies on to help flip its chronic current account deficit to a surplus.<\/p>\n

The sector contributes about 10% to T\u00fcrkiye’s gross domestic product (GDP) and accounts for about 5% of total employment.<\/p>\n

The tourism income jumped 8.3% in 2024 to $61.1 billion and blew past the previous high of $54.3 billion in 2023.<\/p>\n

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