{"id":114358,"date":"2024-08-02T09:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T08:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.travmagazine.nl\/tourism-in-turkey-is-on-track-towards-60-million-visitors\/"},"modified":"2024-09-18T14:13:07","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T13:13:07","slug":"tourism-in-turkey-is-on-track-towards-60-million-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travmagazine.nl\/en\/tourism-in-turkey-is-on-track-towards-60-million-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism in Turkey is on track; towards 60 million visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey received almost 14 percent more visitors in the first six months of this year than in the first half of last year.<br \/>\nThe number has risen to 26.1 million.<br \/>\nTourism revenue in the same period grew 9.3 percent to $23.7 billion.<br \/>\nVisitors spend an average of $98 per day.<br \/>\nTurkey&#8217;s Ministry of Culture and Tourism presented the results of the first half of 2024 at a press conference in Istanbul.<br \/>\nAccording to the Minister of Culture and Tourism, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, the results show that Turkey is on track to meet its annual goal of 60 million visitors and $60 billion in revenue.<br \/>\nTurkey&#8217;s largest markets (Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom) continue to grow.<br \/>\nPopular tourist cities include Antalya, Istanbul, Izmir, and Mu\u011fla.<br \/>\nThe Dutch market also showed strong growth.<br \/>\nIn the first six months of this year, 510,870 Dutch people visited the holiday destination.<br \/>\nThis is more than 15 percent more than in the first half of last year.            <em>(Photo Shutterstock).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey received almost 14 percent more visitors in the first six months of this year than in the first half of last year. 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