16% increase in Istanbul tourist arrivals

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry Istanbul Directorate announced the number of foreign tourist arrivals for November 2012.

A total of 727.772 tourists visited Istanbul in November 2012; an increase of 22.1 per cent compare to November 2011. Since beginning of 2012, a total of 8.728.880 tourists visited which states 16.2 percent increase compared to previous year.

German tourists continue their leadership with 11.5% of alltourists visiting Istanbul in first 11 months of 2012. Russiansfollow Germans with 5.7%. Other nationals choosing Istanbul as a tourist destination are American 5.3%, British 4.7%, French 4.7%, Italian 4.6%, Iranian 4.3%, Dutch 2.8%, Iraqi 2.3%, Libyan 2.2%, Spanish 2.1%, Azerbaijani 2.1%, Ukrainian 2.1%, Japanese 2.0%, Saudi Arabian 1.9%, other nationalities 42.0%.

Tourist Arrivals to Istanbul in the last 3 years by Countries (January – November)

Jan.-Nov.	2012	2011	2010	2012/2011	2011/2010
GERMANY	1.000.377	923.704	839.067	8,3	10,1
RUSSIAN FED.	497.888	455.469	375.919	9,3	21,2
UK	414.224	369.278	339.628	12,2	8,7
ITALY	397.919	380.372	377.874	4,6	0,7
FRANCE	406.798	372.735	317.968	9,1	17,2
IRAN	374.218	337.161	254.444	11,0	32,5
U.S.A	459.486	423.276	342.130	8,6	23,7
THE NETHERLANDS	243.507	215.990	194.772	12,7	10,9
JAPAN	172.026	155.043	162.180	11,0	-4,4
SPAIN	182.244	185.040	189.938	-1,5	-2,6
UKRAINE	181.639	143.205	126.015	26,8	13,6
AZERBAIJAN	184.398	142.416	126.936	29,5	12,2
SOUTH KOREA	130.167	121.029	95.025	7,6	27,4
TURKMENISTAN	122.266	124.592	102.902	-1,9	21,1
BELGIUM	111.801	103.093	98.932	8,4	4,2
AUSTRIA	136.133	123.154	105.869	10,5	16,3
SWITZERLAND	134.558	114.326	95.014	17,7	20,3
ISRAIL	46.877	40.898	43.343	14,6	-5,6
GREECE	98.862	97.948	87.284	0,9	12,2
CHINA	97.735	83.626	65.481	16,9	27,7
IRAQ	197.566	143.615	87.192	37,6	64,7
TUNISIA	73.707	49.675	45.015	48,4	10,4
LIBYA	191.527	36.271	52.574	428,0	-31,0
EGYPT	99.603	69.566	54.189	43,2	28,4

Source: ftnnews.com