Antalya hosted the most tourists in August ( 2024 )

Antalya hosted the most tourists in August. Based on the border gates where foreign visitors entered, Antalya hosted 2 million 549 thousand 59 foreign tourists with a rate of 37.35 percent. This city was followed by Istanbul with 26.41 percent and Muğla with 9.95 percent. Edirne ranked fourth with 7.43 percent and Izmir ranked fifth with 3.88 percent.

In January-August 2024, the number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey increased by 7.11 percent compared to the same period last year. A total of 35 million 803 thousand 874 foreigners visited Turkey in the first eight months. In this period, the number of day-trippers was 1 million 64 thousand 986 people, constituting 2.97 percent of the total.

Most tourists came from Russia. The country that sent the highest number of visitors to Turkey in the January-August period was the Russian Federation with 4 million 551 thousand tourists. Germany ranked second with 4 million 385 thousand tourists and the UK ranked third with 3 million 102 thousand visitors.

When we look at the tourist profile, while there was a decrease in the number of visitors from Africa, the number of tourists from Latin America increased by 19.8 percent. The number of tourists from Gulf countries decreased by 35.9 percent. However, the number of tourists from Asia and Europe increased.