Türkiye’s tourism hits record high with $42B revenue in 9 months

Tuesday, October 31, 2023

The tourism sector in Türkiye continues to grow as it registers a remarkable 20.1% year-on-year growth in revenue.

It has welcomed 44.6 million visitors for the first nine months of this year.

Türkiye has earned $42 billion from tourism in the first nine months of this year, a figure that rose 20.1% year-on-year, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) reported.

Türkiye hosted 44.6 million visitors in January-September, an increase of 13.2% from the same time last year.

In the third quarter of this year, tourism income increased 13.1% from the prior year to $20.2 billion.

Some 16.5%, of tourism income was generated by visits of Turkish nationals residing abroad, TurkStat data published on Tuesday showed.

Türkiye saw 22.4 million visitor arrivals in July-September, while the figure stood at 21 million last year.

Some 12%, or 2.7 million, were Turkish citizens living in other countries.

The average spending per night for each individual totalled $103 in three months to September, with visitors’ average total expenditures at $902 per capita.

Spending on sports, education, and culture surged by 33.3%. The same on accommodation by 26.1% and on food and beverage by 24.6%.

Tour services expenditures dropped 1.6% year-on-year in the third quarter innthe country.

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