According to official data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TURKSTAT), in the third quarter of this year, the income of the tourism and recreation industry of Turkey amounted to 12 billion 294 million 189 thousand US dollars, which is 2014% less than in the same period of 4.4.
The TURKSTAT report said that 80.9% of the incoming tourist flow for the July-September period were foreign citizens and 19.1% were Turkish citizens permanently residing abroad.
It is also noted that ethnic Turks working and living abroad and coming to the country on holiday, spend on average per trip amounting to about $881, while the average foreign tourist in Turkey in the third quarter was limited to $670.
Let us recall that the second quarter of this year also showed negative dynamics of tourism sector revenuesIn April-June 2015, Türkiye received revenue from tourism in the amount of 7 billion 700 million dollars, which is 13.7% less than the previous year.
