BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 2
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
In November 2019, 192,683 tourists from Russia visited Turkey, which is 36.6 percent more compared with November 2018, Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism told Trend .
Further, during November 2019, the share of Russian citizens in the total number of foreigners visited Turkey amounted to 8.8 percent.
The ministry also said that, from January through November 2019, over 6.8 million of tourists from Russia visited Turkey, which is 17.4 percent more compared with the same period of 2018.
During this period, the share of Russian citizens in the total number of foreigners visited Turkey amounted to 16 percent.
In November 2019, 2.1 million tourists visited the Turkey, which is 11.4 percent more compared with November 2018, a source in the ministry said.
From January through November 2019, 42.9 million tourists visited the Turkey, which is 14.3 percent more compared the same period of 2018, the ministry said.
In the first 11 months of 2019, over 14.4 million tourists visited Antalya, and over 13.7 million tourists visited Istanbul.
The remaining over 14.6 million tourists visited the other Turkish cities.
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