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Turkish resort city Antalya hosts 2M tourists in Q1
Antalya, the Turkish resort city in the southwest,
hosted 2 million tourists in the first four months of the year, up 14.10% on an
annual basis, according to a recent statement from the country’s Ministry of
Culture and Tourism.
The statement noted that the number of 2 million
tourists was highlighted as the best start to a year of all time in Antalya’s
tourism history.
The number of tourists in Antalya was recorded as 1
million in April, up 4.86% on an annual basis.
The ministry stated that German tourists ranked
first in April with 259,700 visitors, followed by Russian tourists with 194,900
and 141,400 tourists from the UK.
In the four-month period, the number of tourists to
Antalya from Germany toppled the ranking with 539,600 visitors.
Following German visitors, for the same four-month
period, visitors from Russia came in second with 366,700, and visitors from the
UK ranked third with 266,100.
Tourists from Poland, the Netherlands, Iran,
Belgium, Ukraine, France, and Lithuania followed the UK.
The number of visitors from Germany soared 21%
year-on-year and the number of UK visitors 32%.
As for the rest of the countries listed, the
ministry data showed that the number of Polish tourists rose 30%, Iranian
tourists 52%, Belgian tourists 42%, Ukrainian tourists 51%, and French tourists
52%.
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