Record-breaking number of tourists in Istanbul in 2014

Data from the Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate showed Istanbul had 11.8 million visitors in 2014, an increase of 1.3 million from 2013.

			Change compare to 2013 (Monthly)	Change compare to 2013 (Cumulative)
	2013	2014
JANUARY	532.726	635.283	19,4	19,4
FEBRUARY	617.015	696.054	12,8	15,8
MARCH	838.201	866.985	3,4	10,6
APRIL	936.961	1.014.662	8,3	9,9
MAY	1.058.771	1.079.598	2,0	7,8
JUNE	957.894	1.090.284	13,8	8,9
JULY	929.266	1.155.407	24,3	11,4
AUGUST	1.074.950	1.290.218	20,0	12,7
SEPTEMBER	1.006.014	1.181.742	17,5	13,3
OCTOBER	998.442	1.132.655	13,4	13,3
NOVEMBER	770.288	844.289	9,6	13,0
DECEMBER	754.789	855.806	13,4	13,1
Total	10.474.867	11.842.983

VISITORS BY COUNTRY IN THE LAST 3 YEARS

January - December	2014	2013	2012	2014/2013	2013/2012
GERMANY	1.205.976	1.179.397	1.071.427	2,3	10,1
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	589.950	573.528	537.784	2,9	6,6
UNITED KINGDOM	497.561	456.172	441.870	9,1	3,2
ITALY	466.030	437.552	428.927	6,5	2,0
FRANCE	494.315	478.258	436.686	3,4	9,5
IRAN	590.920	386.339	395.122	53,0	-2,2
USA	533.442	503.019	485.086	6,0	3,7
THE NETHERLANDS	298.959	284.748	260.284	5,0	9,4
JAPAN	153.084	154.723	184.161	-1,1	-16,0
SPAIN	235.834	201.065	194.668	17,3	3,3
UKRAINE	257.560	246.950	199.245	4,3	23,9
AZERBAIJAN	240.433	228.630	200.067	5,2	14,3
SOUTH KOREA	225.593	166.363	140.519	35,6	18,4
TURKMENISTAN	174.233	144.065	131.247	20,9	9,8
BELGIUM	140.990	131.463	119.835	7,2	9,7
AUSTRIA	167.036	162.874	146.676	2,6	11,0
SWITZERLAND	159.066	158.296	143.631	0,5	10,2
ISRAIL	86.917	76.298	50.705	13,9	50,5
GREECE	130.972	109.120	108.315	20,0	0,7
CHINA	182.996	129.067	105.340	41,8	22,5
IRAQ	354.063	241.262	212.924	46,8	13,3
TUNUS	98.227	89.315	83.264	10,0	7,3
LIBYA	265.115	261.476	210.628	1,4	24,1
EGYPT	104.287	102.483	106.642	1,8	-3,9