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13% more foreign visitors in Turkey |
December 15, 2002
Turkish Press
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Posted by HW on March 28, 2024
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November Releasing a statement, the Ministry of Tourism stated on Sunday that number of foreign tourists coming to Turkey in November of 2002 increased by 27.04 percent compared to the same period of last year.
A total of 661 thousand 814 foreign tourists visited Turkey in November of 2002. Number of tourists coming from member countries to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) increased by 43.86 percent, and number of tourists coming from East European countries rose by 12.79 percent.
Entire 2002 Most of the foreign tourists visiting Turkey in November of 2002 came from Germany. A total of 203 thousand 573 German tourists, 70 thousand 363 Bulgarian tourists and 32 thousand 145 Russian tourists came to Turkey in November. Greek, Dutch, Iranian, French, British, American, Romanian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Austrian, Israeli and Belgian tourists followed them.
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Meanwhile, number of the foreign tourists visiting Turkey in the January-November period of the year increased by 13.07 percent compared to the same period last year. Number of tourists coming from member countries to the OECD increased by 10.51 percent, and number of tourists coming from East European countries rose by 23.93 percent.
All time highs A total of 3 million 360 thousand German tourists, 1 million 28 thousand 719 British tourists and 919 thousand 189 Russian tourists have come to Turkey since the beginning of Turkey.
Promotion Tourism Minister Guldal Aksit highlighted importance of promotion activities to improve Turkey's tourism sector, and said that they aim at hosting 15 million foreign tourists in 2003. |
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