BAKU, Azerbaijan, Aug. 24
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
Some 10,018 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey in July 2020, which is 92.19 percent less compared to the same period in 2019, Trend reports on August 24 referring to Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey in July 2020 amounted to 1.07 percent.
From January through July 2020, 137,397 tourists from Azerbaijan visited Turkey, which is 71.37 percent less compared to the same period in 2019.
The share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey in the reporting period amounted to 2.53 percent.
According to the ministry, in July 2020, 932,927 tourists visited Turkey, which is 85.9 percent less compared to July 2019.
In the first six months of this year, over 5.4 million tourists visited Turkey, which is 77.97 percent less than in the same period of 2019.
Some 901,723 citizens of Azerbaijan visited Turkey in 2019, which is 5.03 percent more compared to 2018.
The share of Azerbaijani citizens in the total number of foreigners visiting Turkey in 2019 amounted to 2 percent.
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