Istanbul Welcomes 10.5 Million Tourists in Just 7 Months

New reputable statistics released on Sunday showed that almost 10.5 million vacationers visited Istanbul at some point of the primary seven months of 2024 – representing a surge of seven% when in comparison with the identical duration remaining year.

Istanbul tourists preserve to surge

Data launched from the Istanbul Culture and Tourism Directorate showed that 10.47 million vacationers visited Istanbul within the duration from January – July 2024, as compared to nine.77 million vacationers in the same duration in 2023.

One of the most famous months for visitor arrivals, July, also noticed an increase in overall range of visitors whilst evaluating 2023 to 2024. 1.9 million traffic arrived in July 2024 as compared to at least one.87 million site visitors in July 2023, an increase of one.7% in peak month arrivals.

Arrivals with the aid of Air and Sea

In July, 1.Eighty three million vacationers arrived through Air whilst seventy two,000 arrived through Sea. Of those arriving thru Air, 1.32 million arrived at Istanbul Airport, 507,500 at Sabiha Gokcen Airport, and 1,673 at Ataturk Airport.

192,018 visitors were Russians, 153,861 were Germans, and 114,412 have been from the USA. Next on the listing of arrivals were citizens from Saudi Arabia, Iran, the United Kingdom, France, Uzbekistan, the Netherlands, Iraq, and Italy.

July sees all-time excessive range of foreign traffic to Turkey

According to official statistics, Turkey welcomed 7.Three million overseas vacationers in the course of the month of July, an increase of 2.6% while compared to the preceding yr and an all-time excessive in quantity of single month-to-month site visitors to Turkey.

Data also confirmed that among the length of January – July, Turkey welcomed 28.Ninety eight million foreign visitors in overall, an increase of eight.27% compared to 2023. Adding to this became the arrival of four.Forty nine million Turkish residents who visited Turkey from overseas, bringing the entire determine to 33.47 million traffic.

Turkey targets 60 million visitors by means of 12 months-cease

Turkish authorities anticipate general traveller arrivals to pinnacle 60 million once the 12 months has completed, bringing in extra than 60 billion USD in sales as tourism once more proves how important it is to Turkey’s achievement.