The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plunged 71.2 percent year-on-year to 1.814 million in August of 2020, as the tourism sector has been hit hard by pandemic travel restrictions. Arrivals fell the most from Germany (-76.2 percent), Bulgaria (-68.3 percent), Russia (-59.2 percent) and the UK (-38.1 percent) while arrivals from Ukraine went up 12.3 percent. Considering the first eight months of the year, tourist arrivals slumped 76.6 percent to 7.25 million. source: Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey

Tourist Arrivals in Turkey averaged 1777301.80 Persons from 1993 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 6617380 Persons in July of 2019 and a record low of 24238 Persons in April of 2020. This page provides the latest reported value for - Turkey Tourist Arrivals - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Turkey Tourist Arrivals - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2020.

Tourist Arrivals in Turkey is expected to be 2170000.00 Persons by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Tourist Arrivals in Turkey to stand at 2910000.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Turkey Tourist Arrivals is projected to trend around 1700000.00 Persons in 2021 and 2110000.00 Persons in 2022, according to our econometric models.

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Turkey Tourist Arrivals

Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1814701.00 932927.00 6617380.00 24238.00 1993 - 2020 Persons Monthly
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Calendar GMT Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2020-06-22 08:00 AM May -99.3% -99.26% -85%
2020-07-24 08:00 AM Jun -96% -99.3% -70%
2020-08-24 08:00 AM Jul -85.9% -96% -78%
2020-09-25 01:00 PM Aug -71.23% -85.9% -80%
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Turkey Tourist Arrivals Continue to Decline
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plunged 71.2 percent year-on-year to 1.814 million in August of 2020, as the tourism sector has been hit hard by pandemic travel restrictions. Arrivals fell the most from Germany (-76.2 percent), Bulgaria (-68.3 percent), Russia (-59.2 percent) and the UK (-38.1 percent) while arrivals from Ukraine went up 12.3 percent. Considering the first eight months of the year, tourist arrivals slumped 76.6 percent to 7.25 million.
2020-09-25
Turkey Foreign Tourist Arrivals Drop 86% in July
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plunged 85.9 percent year-on-year to 932,927 in July 2020, as the tourism sector has been hit hard by pandemic travel restrictions. Arrivals fell from Germany (-77.1 percent), Ukraine (-33.2 percent), the UK (-82.4 percent), the Netherlands (-73.3 percent) and France (down 70.4 percent). Considering the first seven months of the year, tourist arrivals slumped 78 percent to 5.44 million.
2020-08-24
Turkey Foreign Tourist Arrivals Slump 96% in June
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey plummeted 96.0 percent year-on-year to 214,768 in June 2020, as the tourism sector has been hit hard by pandemic travel restrictions. Arrivals fell from Germany (down 89.2 percent), Bulgaria (down 94.0 percent), the Netherlands (down 85.5 percent), the UK (-97.0 percent) and Belgium (down 84.8 percent). Considering the first half of the year, tourist arrivals slumped 75.1 percent to 4.51 million.
2020-07-24
Turkey Tourist Arrivals Sank 99.3% YoY in May
The number of foreigners visiting Turkey slipped 99.3 percent year-on-year to 29,829 in May of 2020, hit hard by pandemic travel restrictions. Arrivals fell mostly from Bulgaria (down 97.2 percent, accounting for 22.75 percent of total visitors), Georgia (down 98.3 percent, accounting for 10.26 percent) and Ukraine (down 98.9 percent, accounting for 7.68 percent). Considering the first five months of the year, tourist arrivals slumped 66.4 percent to 4.29 million.
2020-06-22

Turkey Tourist Arrivals
In Turkey, tourist arrivals refer to the number of visiting foreigners.