Number of tourist arrivals to Turkey in the first 10 months of 2016

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announced the total number of foreign arrivals to the country in the first 10 months of 2016. According to the statistics data taken from the Turkish National Police, the number of foreign tourist arrivals to Turkey in October 2016 recorded as 2,449,948; a drop of 25.79% compare to October 2015.

Top 5 Port of entries in October 2016:

1- ISTANBUL %32.34 (792,320)
2- ANTALYA %32.12 (787,001)
3- EDIRNE %8.87 (217,345)
4- ARTVIN %7.79 (190,942)
5- MUGLA %6.20 (151,820)         

2014-2016(*) Nationalities of tourist arrivals in October - Top 3 country
COUNTRIES	2016*	NAT. PCT.		2015		NAT. PCT.		2014		NAT. PCT.
GERMANY	491 059	20,04		730 227		22,12		723 834		21,04
RUSIAN FED.	222 719	9,09		229 125		6,94		224 430		6,52
GEORGIA	178 386	7,28		164 886		4,99		149 261		4,34
OTHER	1 557 784	63,58		2 176 956		65,94		2 342 029		68,09
GRAND TOTAL	2 449 948	100,00		3 301 194		100,00		3 439 554		100,00
(*): Provisional data

January – October 2016

The total number of foreign travelers visiting Turkey between January and October 2016 recorded as 22,696,776; a drop of 31.35% compared to same period last year.

Top 5 Port of entries in January – October 2016:

1- ISTANBUL %34.71 (7, 878,111)
2- ANTALYA %25.30 (5,743,341)
3- EDIRNE %10.88 (2,468,325)
4- ARTVIN %8.83 (2,004,394)
5- MUGLA %7.27 (1,650,690)

2014-2016(*) Nationalities of tourist arrivals in January - October - Top 3 country
COUNTRIES	2016*	NAT. PCT.	2015	NAT. PCT.	2014	NAT. PCT.
GERMANY	3 630 367	16,00	5 144 609	15,56	4 813 711	14,36
RUSIAN FED.	1 867 929	8,23	1 604 350	4,85	1 494 198	4,46
GEORGIA	1 647 299	7,26	2 422 445	7,33	2 506 875	7,48
OTHER	15 551 181	68,52	23 887 883	72,26	24 713 272	73,71
GRAND TOTAL	22 696 776	100,00	33 059 287	100,00	33 528 056	100,00
(*): Provisional data