Foreign vacationer arrivals in Türkiye jumped 23% from final yr to 2.3 million in February, in keeping with official knowledge launched on Friday.
Istanbul, Türkiye’s largest metropolis by inhabitants, noticed the biggest variety of international guests with 1.3 million final month, the Culture and Tourism Ministry figures confirmed.
The northwestern province of Edirne, which borders each Bulgaria and Greece, noticed 268,735 international vacationer arrivals in February. The famed resort metropolis of Antalya on the Turkish Riviera adopted with 222,720 international guests.
Iranians made up the biggest chunk of international guests to Türkiye with 226,104 guests, doubled in comparison with a yr in the past.
Russians took second place with reference to nationalities of international guests over the identical interval, with 203,073 in February, down 11% year-on-year.
They have been adopted by Germans with 187,946 guests and Bulgarians with 182,887 guests.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
