The number of tourists visiting Turkey in 2016 decreased 30% from 36.2 million to 25.3 million. Turkey’s loss in terms of foreign visitor numbers counted 10.8 million and the biggest loss was in the number of package tours.
According to the Turkey Package Tour (Incoming) Market 2016 research by Turizmdatabank, Turkey lost 6.2 million tourists from Turkey package tours. The top two agencies; Tantur Tourism / TUI and Diana Travel continue to be at the top position but the numbers of the two groups become quite close to each other.The biggest differences seen in the rankings are the number of tourist losses first in Russia and second in European markets.
The Top 15 tour operators that bring tourists to Turkey with package tours
| Rank 2016 | Rank 2015 | GROUPS |
| 1 | 1 | TANTUR / TUI |
| 2 | 2 | DIANA TRAVEL |
| 3 | 4 | MEETING POINT INT. |
| 4 | 8 | CORENDON TOURISTİC |
| 5 | 7 | KİLİT GLOBAL |
| 6 | 5 | ANEX TOUR |
| 7 | 10 | MTS-GLOBE |
| 8 | 3 | OTI GROUP |
| 9 | 11 | SUMMER TOUR |
| 10 | 13 | DER TOURISTIK/DTS |
| 11 | 15 | PENİNSULA GRUBU |
| 12 | 12 | INTOURIST STYLE |
| 13 | 6 | PEGAS TOURISTIK |
| 14 | 9 | NOVANTA TOURISTIC |
| 15 | 19 | LTS TOURISTIK |
The Top 15 tour operators that bring tourists to Antalya with package tours
| Rank 2016 | Rank 2015 | GROUPS | |
| 1 | 1 | TANTUR / TUI | |
| 2 | 2 | DIANA TRAVEL | |
| 3 | 7 | MEETING POINT INT. | |
| 4 | 6 | KİLİT GLOBAL | |
| 5 | 5 | ANEX TOUR | |
| 6 | 3 | OTI GROUP | |
| 7 | 12 | DER TOURISTIK/DTS | |
| 8 | 11 | MTS-GLOBE | |
| 9 | 9 | SUMMER TOUR | |
| 10 | 10 | CORENDON | |
| 11 | 18 | PENİNSULA GRUBU | |
| 12 | 4 | PEGAS TOURISTIK | |
| 13 | 13 | INTOURIST STYLE | |
| 14 | 8 | NOVANTA TOURISTIC | |
| 15 | 15 | LTS TOURISTIK | |
