According to official statistics for the third quarter of 2015, Turkish citizens have reduced their activity in the domestic tourism market. Thus, the number of overnight stays during the reporting period decreased by 7 million, from 87 million in the third quarter of 2014 to 80 million this year.
In total, 2015 million 10 thousand Turkish citizens traveled between July and September 270. on trips around the countryThe average number of overnight stays per trip was 6.1 in the third quarter, and the average expenditure per person was 336 TL.
The largest number of domestic Turkish tourists preferred to stay in the homes of relatives and friends (59.58 million overnight stays). Turks spent 9.19 million overnight stays in their own homes located in other regions of the country. Hotels with 6 million 330 thousand overnight stays took only third place in popularity.
It should be noted that the main purpose of 65% of domestic tourist trips by Turks was visiting relatives or friends.
