{"id":722482,"date":"2026-08-01T09:02:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/722482\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T09:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T09:02:18","slug":"tourism-revenue-holds-steady-despite-regional-wars-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/722482\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism revenue holds steady despite regional war\u2019s impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISTANBUL
\n\"Tourism<\/p>\n

T\u00fcrkiye<\/a>\u2019s tourism<\/a> revenue edged down just 0.1 percent year-on-year to $25.75 billion in the first half of 2026, as higher nightly spending and longer stays offset a decline in visitor numbers, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy has said.<\/p>\n

The total number of visitors fell 2.4 percent to 25.76 million from 26.39 million in the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Ersoy said the regional war involving Iran, Israel and the United States weighed on international travel demand, air traffic and bookings, particularly in the second quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe we have left the most difficult quarter of the year behind,\u201d he told a press conference in Istanbul.<\/p>\n

Preliminary data from border crossings indicated that foreign arrivals returned to year-on-year growth in July, Ersoy said, adding that the ministry expected the recovery to continue in the third quarter.<\/p>\n

The average length of stay increased to 10.01 nights from 9.96 nights a year earlier. Average nightly spending across all visitors rose to $109 from $106.<\/p>\n

Nightly spending by foreign visitors increased to $122 from $121, while the figure for Turkish citizens living abroad climbed to $75 from $70.<\/p>\n

Russia remained T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s largest source market with 2.65 million visitors in the first half, followed by Germany with 2.44 million and the United Kingdom with 1.58 million.<\/p>\n

Ersoy attributed the limited decline in visitor numbers to market diversification and overseas promotion by the T\u00fcrkiye Tourism Promotion and Development Agency.<\/p>\n

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