Türkiye's tourism revenue reached 25.5 billion dollars in the third quarter

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced tourism statistics for the July-September period.

Accordingly, tourism revenue increased by 5 percent in the said period compared to the same quarter of the previous year, reaching 25 billion 526 million 218 thousand dollars.

Tourism income from visitors was 25 billion 294 million 255 thousand dollars, and tourism income from transfer passengers was 231 million 963 thousand dollars.

14 percent of tourism income was obtained from citizens residing abroad visiting the country.

Visitors organized their travels with a personal or package tour. In this quarter, personal expenditures were 17 billion 114 million 298 thousand dollars and package tour expenditures were 8 billion 179 million 957 thousand dollars.

The number of visitors leaving the country decreased by 1.6 percent in the third quarter of this year compared to the same period last year, reaching 23 million 255 thousand 7 people. 13.6 percent of these visitors were 3 million 159 thousand 7 citizens residing abroad.

The average nightly expenditure of visitors staying overnight in Türkiye in the quarter in question was 107 dollars. It was observed that the average nightly expenditure of citizens residing abroad was 68 dollars.

In the July-September period, the share of package tour expenditures in tourism income was recorded as 32.3 percent, the share of food and beverage expenditures was 20.5 percent, and the share of accommodation expenditures was 12.5 percent. Health expenditures increased by 23.6 percent, accommodation expenditures increased by 19 percent, and transportation (within Türkiye) expenditures increased by 12.1 percent compared to the same period last year.

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