Things are getting worse for Turkey’s tourism sector. Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announced decrease in number of international tourist arrivals to Turkey in February 2016.
The number of arrivals decreased 10.32% to 1.240.633 tourists in February 2016.
Top 5 Port of entries in February 2016
1. Istanbul 54.43% (675.250)
2- ARTVİN 12,64% (156 869)
3- EDİRNE 12,53% (155 444)
4- ANTALYA 7,30% (90 526)
5- AĞRI 2,46% (30 502)
In January - February 2016 term number of tourist arrivals decreased 8.48% to 2.410.966.
| 2014-2016(*) Nationalities of tourist arrivals in February - Top 3 country | ||||||
| COUNTRIES | 2016* | % | 2015* | % | 2014 | % |
| GEORGIA | 152 165 | 12,27 | 106 413 | 7,69 | 101 005 | 7,47 |
| GERMANY | 138 338 | 11,15 | 152 911 | 11,05 | 140 322 | 10,38 |
| IRAN | 124 962 | 10,07 | 106 916 | 7,73 | 114 414 | 8,46 |
| OTHER | 825 168 | 66,51 | 1 017 103 | 73,53 | 996 443 | 73,69 |
| TOTAL | 1 240 633 | 100,00 | 1 383 343 | 100,00 | 1 352 184 | 100,00 |
* Provisional data
| 2014-2016(*) Nationalities of tourist arrivals in Jan.-Feb. – Top 3 country | ||||||
| COUNTRIES | 2016* | % | 2015* | % | 2014 | % |
| GEORGIA | 265 747 | 11,02 | 214 460 | 8,14 | 203 106 | 8,13 |
| GERMANY | 252 546 | 10,47 | 268 904 | 10,21 | 237 817 | 9,52 |
| IRAN | 217 222 | 9,01 | 186 632 | 7,08 | 190 793 | 7,63 |
| OTHER | 1 675 451 | 69,49 | 1 964 288 | 74,57 | 1 867 283 | 74,72 |
| TOTAL | 2 410 966 | 100,00 | 2 634 284 | 100,00 | 2 498 999 | 100,00 |
