Türkiye’s tourism revenues rose by 23% in Q2 of 2023

The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) showed on Monday that tourism revenues jumped 23.1 percent to reach $12.98 billion in the second quarter of the year, as the sector continued its strong performance.

The number of people who visited Türkiye last quarter was 13.99 million, up from 11.9 million in the April-June period of 2022. However, the Türkiye’s tourism revenues rose by 27 percent to $21.7 billion during the January-June period.

The country hosted 22.2 million visitors – foreign or Turkish citizens living abroad – in the first half, according to official figures from TurkStat announced on Monday.

In 2022, the revenues surged 53.4 percent from a year earlier to a record high of $46.28 billion, as the effects of the prolonged pandemic faded and the aftermath of Ukraine’s war pushed Russian arrivals higher.