Türkiye Tourism is at the Top Again: Strong Start in the First Quarter of 2024
Türkiye Tourism Makes a Strong Start in the First Quarter of 2024: What Do the Statistics Say?
The first quarter tourism statistics of 2024 announced by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) clearly reveal the revival in the sector. According to the results, tourism revenues are compared to the first quarter of 2023. 8 billion 784 million 800 thousand dollars, increasing by 5.4% reached the level of ". In this increase, incomes obtained from citizens residing abroad played an important role and total income increased to 21% created.
Looking at the travel styles of visitors, both personal also package tour programs appear to be preferred. Expenditures made this quarter 7 billion 775 million 627 thousand dollars personal, 1 billion 9 million 174 thousand dollars consists of package tour expenses.
An increase in the number of visitors is also observed. The number of people visiting Türkiye in the first quarter of 2024 9 million 10 thousand 90, increasing by 10.1 percent people. In this increase, the share of citizens residing abroad %21,6 saved as.
Average nightly spending by visitors $93 average nightly expenditure of citizens residing abroad $64 occurred as.
Tourism expenses in parallel with the increase in tourism revenues 1 billion 779 million 649 thousand dollars, increasing by 11.3 percent was. The number of Turkish citizens visiting abroad is increasing by 18.4 percent to 2 million 449 thousand 225 people reached. Average amount of foreign expenditure per person $727 saved as.
Visitors' travel purposes to Türkiye is sorted as follows:
- %46: Travel, entertainment, sports and cultural activities
- %31,3: Visiting relatives and friends
- %9,6: Shopping
- %3,1: Other
If the purpose of traveling to Türkiye is for citizens residing abroad %73,6 stands out as visiting relatives and friends.
In light of all the data, Türkiye's tourism has recorded a significant growth in the first quarter of 2024 and this momentum is expected to continue in the coming periods.