According to updated data on the number of foreign tourists visiting Antalya in the first 10 months of this year, German citizens have moved into first place, displacing the second place leaders of the same period in 2014 – Russians.
Total attendance resorts of Antalya province by foreigners for the period January – October 2015 decreased by 5.37% compared to last year’s figures – from 11 million 115 thousand in 2014 to 10 million 517 thousand in the current year.
Attendance of the most popular tourist region of Turkey by Russians fell by 19.5% - from 3.4 million people to 2.9 million. The German market, on the contrary, showed 7% growth - from 2.7 million tourists in the first 10 months of last year to 2.9 million for the same period in 2015. Thus, Germany has overtaken Russia in visitor statistics. Antalya.
In addition to Russia, the Netherlands (-7.82%), Belgium (-9.36%), Sweden (-8.8%), France (-37.15%), and Norway (-16.5%) showed a significant decline. Growth was noted in the UK (+3.26%), Ukraine (+10.98), Slovakia (+7.69%).
