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More than 26 million tourists visit Turkey in 2008- ministry
More than 26 million tourists visited Turkey in 2008, Turkish Tourism Ministry officials said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a gathering in the northwestern province of Bursa, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ismet Yilmaz, said that Turkey’s tourism income reached $21 billion this year.
Briefing participants on the tourism activities in Turkey and all […]
Turkish tourism will turn crisis into opportunity, says tourism agency head
Recep Yavuz, the general manager of Öger Tours, has said the ongoing global financial crisis will introduce new tourism opportunities for Turkey.
Speaking on Sunday in Antalya, Yavuz said a recent poll conducted in Germany on people’s vacation choices showed that the majority of Germans listed Turkey as their number one choice. “The majority […]
More than 1 mln Brits visit Turkey, expected to double in 2009
The falling pound and depressed household income drive more British holidaymakers outside eurozone, triggering an increase by 32 percent in the number of people booking a summer holiday in Turkey.
The falling value of the pound against the euro is forcing many British tourists to soak up the sunshine in Egypt and Turkey rather than Spain […]
Foreign arrivals rise 7.7 pct in November
The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey rose 7.7 percent in November from a year earlier, the 24th consecutive month of increase. About 1.27 million foreign visitors arrived in November, up from 1.18 million in the same month of 2007, the Tourism Ministry in Ankara said on its Web site yesterday.
Turkey needs revenue from tourism […]
Turkish airports see 66 mln passengers in 10 months
The number of airline passengers in Turkey reached 66 million in the first 10 months of 2008, an increase of 6.3 percent over the same period last year, the State Airports Management General Directorate (DHM?) announced yesterday.
Nearly 7 million people traveled by air in October, an 8.2 percent increase over the same month […]
Turkish tourism numbers improve despite crisis
In the face of the negative effects of the global financial turbulence, Turkey’s tourism industry has grown, attracting 14 percent more visitors this year than in 2007.
Source: Today’s Zaman
Foreign visitors to Turkey rise 14.38 pct to 2.5 million in October
The number of foreign visitors to Turkey rose 14.38 percent year-on-year in October to 2.462 million, the Culture and Tourism Ministry said on Monday.
Tourism is an important source of foreign currency for Turkey, which has a large current account deficit. In September the number of foreign visitors had grown 6.49 percent from a year earlier.
The […]
Turkish tourism growing rapidly
While the global financial crisis and the rise of the value of the dollar are taking their toll on the non-financial economy, tourism — one of the cornerstones of the Turkish economy — had a productive season in 2008, attracting 21.5 million tourists in the first nine months of the year — a 13.3 percent […]
Arab tourists show more interest in Turkey
The fact that the view of the western countries on the east has greatly changed since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the interest of Arab tourists started growing in Turkey. Tourism professionals ask the Culture and Tourism Ministry to take advantage of this chance and make investments to draw them to Turkey.
Nearly 918,000 Arab tourists […]
Turkey favorite non-member destination for EU tourists
Remnants of ancient Ephesus temples in Izmir are one of the spots that attract the largest numbers of tourists. Spain is the most popular tourism destination for tourists from European Union member countries, while Turkey ranks first among non-EU countries as EU tourists’ favorite place to spend vacations, recent figures have shown.
According to data released […]
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