Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 28
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In August 2018, 134,213 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey, which is 18.76 percent more than in the same month of 2017, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey told Trend Sept. 28.
The ministry noted that the share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners who visited Turkey in August 2018 was 2.49 percent. For comparison, this figure was 2.43 percent in August 2017.
According to the ministry, in January-August 2018, 592,499 Azerbaijani tourists visited Turkey, which is 12.84 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
The ministry noted that 5,383,332 tourists visited Turkey in August 2018, which is 15.56 percent more than in the same period of 2017.
Some 654,737 tourists from Germany, 363,433 - from the UK, 235,364 - from Bulgaria and 204,092 tourists from Georgia visited Turkey in August 2018, and 3,925,706 tourists who visited Turkey in August 2018, fall to the share of other countries.
During the above-mentioned period, 2,074,498 tourists, accounting for 38.54 percent of the total number of tourists, visited the Turkish province of Antalya.
In August 2018, 1,391,036 tourists, accounting for 25.84 percent of the total number of tourists, visited Istanbul.
As of January-August 2018, 32,410,034 tourists visited Turkey, which is 22.92 percent more than in January-August 2017.
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