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TOURISTS AND MEDICAL TREATMENT TO TURKEY RECORDED TO 7.1 MILLION IN JULY
According to the data of the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the number of foreign tourists coming to Turkey in July increased by 7.25 percent year-on-year to 7.1 million. Russia, which is the country sending the most visitors to Turkey, left the throne to Germany in July.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has announced the Border Statistics for July 2023 as follows;
According to the provisional data obtained from the General Directorate of Security, the number of foreigners visiting Turkey in July 2023 increased by 7.25 percent compared to the same month of last year and increased to 7 million 148 thousand 44.
The number of foreign tourists coming to Turkey in the first 7 months of the year increased by 16.2 percent compared to the same period last year and reached 26 million 766 thousand 240.
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IN JULY THE GERMANS OVERTOOK THE RUSSIANS
Germany ranked first with 13.17 percent (941 thousand 597), Russia ranked second with 12.38 percent (884 thousand 585) and the United Kingdom ranked third with 8.04 percent (574 thousand 436) in the ranking of the countries that sent the most visitors to Turkey in July 2023.
The country of Great Britain (United Kingdom) was followed by Poland and Bulgaria.
January-July 2023, covering the first 7 months of the year, the Russians took the first place in the ranking of the countries that send the most visitors to Turkey.
According to this, Russia took the first place with 13.07 percent (3 million 498 thousand 614), while Germany took the second place with 12 percent (3 million 211 thousand 724).
The United Kingdom (United Kingdom) came in third with 7.71 percent (2 million 63 thousand 740), followed by Bulgaria and Iran.
Turkey Medicals, “In this same period compared to last year, the number of USA and UK medical tourists to Antalya and Istanbul increased of 3.8% is noticed.” was said
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EXPLANATIONS OF TOURISM INCOME FROM MINISTER
Turkey Treasury and Finance Minister, noting that tourism is booming,”Turkey’s current account deficit is expected to narrow significantly due to a slowdown in the growth of consumer loans and a sharp increase in tourism revenues.” he made his assessment.
Minister, in a statement from the X social media platform, drawing attention to the explosion in tourism, noted the following:
“It has made its mark on 30 million tourist in first 7 months of 2023, moreover the best July in history by hosting a remarkable number of foreign visitors with 7.1 million in one month. June-December Turkey’s current account deficit is expected to narrow significantly due to the slowdown in the growth of consumer loans and a sharp increase in tourism revenues (from a 12-month budget deficit of $ 56 billion in June to about $ 40 billion in December). This also supports a more stable Turkish Lira.”
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