In the first quarter of 2019, the number of foreign visitors rose by 6.12% on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n
Istanbul, Turkey’s world-famous touristic city, was the top arriving destination with nearly 3.1 million tourists, accounting for 56.4% of all foreign visitors.<\/p>\n
The northwestern province of Edirne, which borders both Bulgaria and Greece, welcomed some 695,000 foreigners.<\/p>\n
The Mediterranean resort city of Antalya followed Edirne with over 500,000 foreign visitors in the three-month period.<\/p>\n
The most preferred means of transportation was airway with some 3.8 million foreign visitors.<\/p>\n
Around 1.5 million and nearly 100,000 foreigners used roadway\/railway and seaway, respectively.<\/p>\n
Over the same period, Bulgaria topped the list of visitors by country with 482,712 foreigners, accounting for 8.87% of all foreign visitors entering Turkey.<\/p>\n
Bulgaria was followed by Iran (447,103), Germany (427,424), Georgia (371,111), and Russia (318,714).<\/p>\n
Last year, some 39.5 million foreigners visited Turkey, up 21.84% from 32.4 million in 2017.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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