Domestic tourists spent 155 billion liras on travel in the second quarter of the year

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced "household domestic tourism" data for the second quarter of 2026.

Accordingly, 13 million 549 thousand people residing in the country went on a trip in the second quarter of this year. The total number of trips made within the country with one or more overnight stays decreased by 3.6 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year, reaching 16 million 467 thousand trips. Those who traveled in this quarter made 85 million 890 thousand overnight stays. The average number of overnight stays was 5.2 nights.

The amount of domestic tourists' travel expenditures increased by 32.6 percent in the said period and reached 154 billion 998 million 4 thousand liras.

Of these expenditures, 86.9 percent with 134 billion 684 million 525 thousand liras were personal expenses, and 13.1 percent with 20 billion 313 million 479 thousand liras were package tour expenditures. The average expenditure per trip was recorded as 9 thousand 413 lira.

In the second quarter, the largest share in total travel expenditures was seen in food and beverage with 31.6 percent, transportation with 25 percent and accommodation with 14.5 percent.

When the change rates of expenditure types compared to the same period of the previous year are examined, there was an increase of 39.1 percent in food and beverage, 28.3 percent in transportation and 22.5 percent in accommodation.

In the April-June period, trips made for the purpose of "visiting relatives" ranked first with 60.1 percent. This was followed by "travel, entertainment, holiday" with 33.6 percent and "health" with 2.3 percent.

Those who traveled during this period mostly stayed at "friends' or relatives' houses" with 61 million 192 thousand overnight stays. According to accommodation types, "hotel" ranked second in the number of overnight stays with 11 million 376 thousand overnight stays, while "own house" ranked third with 8 million 216 thousand overnight stays.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)