OREANDA-NEWS  Russia took the first place in terms of tourist flow to Turkey in January-September, it increased by almost 6% compared to the same period last year, according to statistics published by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the country.

From January to September 2024, the number of arrivals of Russian tourists amounted to 5,473,380 or 13.08% of the total tourist flow, an increase of almost 6% compared to the same period of the previous year. In addition to Russia, the top five also included Germany (5.16 million), the United Kingdom (3.68 million), Iran (2.48 million) and Bulgaria (2.17 million).

In just nine months, 41.8 million foreign tourists visited Turkey, which is 6.7% more than in the same period last year.

According to statistics, in September Russia also took the first place in terms of tourist flow to Turkey, the country was visited by 922.8 thousand Russian tourists, which is 15.2% of the total number of foreign tourists in the republic. Germany is in second place, from where 772.6 thousand people came, Great Britain is in third (almost 577 thousand). Iran (380 thousand) and Bulgaria (304.3 thousand) took the fourth and fifth places.

In total, 6.54 million tourists visited Turkey in September, which is 4.6% more than last year.