Baku, Azerbaijan, April 30
By Rufiz Hafizoglu – Trend:
In March 2018, 387,825 Iranian citizens visited Turkey, which is by 125,489 people more than in the same month of 2017, the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism told Trend April 30.
According to the ministry, in March 2018, 18.12 percent accounted for the share of Iranian citizens in a total number of foreigners who visited Turkey compared to 16.53 percent in March 2017.
Over 2.879 million foreigners visited Turkey in March 2018. In January-March 2018, 7.263 million foreign tourists visited Turkey.
Turkey's tourism revenues increased by 31.3 percent and amounted to $4.425 billion In January-March 2018 compared to the same period of 2017.
In January-March 2018, 76.1 percent of total profit accounted for the share of foreign citizens, while 23.9 percent - for the share of Turkish citizens living abroad.
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