International tourism hits record highs in Q1 2025 in Turkey, a record - breaking 8.84 visitors coming from abroad, generating $9.5 billion in tourism receipts. This surpasses previous records for the first quarter of the year.
According to the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehemet Orsoy who shared this information at a press conference which took place in Istanbul, these figures represent the highest level recorded in the history of Turkish tourism in the first quarters.
The Minister highlighting the country's strong performance also noted that Turkey aims to host 65 million visitors and geerate $64 billion in tourism revenue by the end of 2025, with the current Q1 performance indicating they are on track.
The Minister also stated that tourism revenues increased by 5.6% in the first three months of 2025 and commented that according to data from UN Tourism, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, Turkey became the 4th largest tourism market in the world in 2024 when the country aimed to receive 60 million tourists but ended the year with 62.2 million visitors.
Concerning relevant markets, uring the first quarter of 2025 Turkey welcomed 733.000 tourists coming from Iran, 601.000 Russians, 572.000 Germans, 560.000 Bulgarians and 304.000 British visitors.
On average visitors stayed in Turkey for 11 nights and spent approximately $98.90 per day according to figures provided by the Presidency ot the Republic of Turkey, Directorate of Communications.
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