Tourism in Turkey

The most visited tourist regions of the country are:

• Istanbul - monuments of Islamic and Byzantine architecture.
• Cappadocia - unusual natural formations of volcanic origin and cave cities.
• Turkish Riviera - sea resorts of the southern coast of Turkey. Monuments of ancient culture, the ruins of ancient Greek and Roman cities.
• also: Lycian Trail , Karii Trail , Pamukkale .

Famous resorts

• Antalya
• Side
• Marmaris
• Alanya
• Kemer
• Bodrum

In 2012, the number of passengers of the airlines that visited Turkey amounted to 130 million, 45 million of them accounted for Istanbul Ataturk Airport, and 25 million for Antalya Airport. ^[four]

In 2014, 41.4 million foreign tourists visited Turkey. Most of the tourists were from Germany, Bulgaria, Iran, Russia, Greece, Georgia, Azerbaijan. According to the Turkish Statistical Office, in 2014, foreign tourists replenished the state budget by $ 34.3 billion.

2016

In 2015 (and subsequent 2016 ), the situation in the tourism sector in Turkey changed dramatically after the Turkish F-16 fighter shot down the Russian Su-24 in Syria and Russian-Turkish relations that deteriorated after that ^[5] . The decline in popularity of Turkey as a tourist destination was also influenced by the frequent attacks ^[6] .

In February, it turned out that the lack of Russian tourists and a significant decrease in the number of tourists from Europe who are afraid to go to the country because of the terrorist attacks forced the hoteliers of Turkey to sell about 1,300 hotels (their total cost approaches 10 billion euros). Sold and small family guesthouses, and huge luxury hotels. In the spring of 2016, prices for hotel accommodation collapsed ^{[7] [8]} .

Turkey faced the largest outflow of foreign tourists in 17 years [since 1999 ^{] [9]} . Thus, the number of Russian tourists in Antalya for the four months of 2016 decreased by 90% over the same period last year ^[10] ; for four months from Germany fell by 30%, from the UK - by 36%, from Denmark - by 15% ^[11] ; At the same time, the flow of tourists from Israel increased by 73% and the number of tourists from Ukraine increased. The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey in August fell by 38% (according to the Financial Times, this was due to a failed military coup attempt in the country ) ^[12] . In total, only 25 million foreign tourists visited Turkey in 2016 (31% less than in 2015). By the end of the year, Turkey, according to various sources, lost about $ 15 billion due to the outflow of foreigners, due to the fact that they began to spend less money in Turkey. ^[13] However, the following year, the reverse process began and the tourist flow was almost restored. The number of foreign arrivals in Turkey increased by 27.8% to 32.4 million people. Russia became the largest tourist market in Turkey in 2017 with a 14.6% share in the total inbound flow. Germany is the second largest tourist destination with almost 3.6 million people (11.1% of the total number of arrivals). Iran became the third largest market (2.5 million people, 7.7%). The top-5 entry market also includes Georgia (2.4 million people, 7.52%) and Bulgaria (1.85 million people, 5.72%). Representatives of the Turkish tourism industry expect that in 2018, the country will receive more than 35 million foreign visitors.

Russian travel companies mainly work in the direction of Antalya , as well as the cities surrounding it: Kemer , Alanya , Belek , etc. In recent years, the Mersin silt has become increasingly popular.

Also, there are many travel agencies in Turkey, which allow you to book a tour and accommodation for almost every taste on the spot.

November 24, 2015 there was an incident with the destruction of the Russian Su-24 aircraft in Syria by a Turkish fighter. This caused a backlash . Thus, tour operators stopped selling tourist tours for Russian citizens to Turkey, and from January 1, 2016, the visa-free regime ^[14] and charter flights between Russia and Turkey were canceled.

June 27, 2016, a month before the unsuccessful attempt of a military coup in the country , Turkish President R. Erdogan sent a letter of apology ^{[ specify ]} for the Russian plane shot down by the Turkish side. After a telephone call between V. Putin and R. Erdogan, Russia resumed selling tours to Turkey (as stated - demand exceeded supply by several times).

On September 2, the charters from Russia, due to the warming of relations, were resumed. ^{[15] [16]} In Rostourism , they looked with pessimism at the prospects for returning the former tourist flow of Russians to the resorts of Turkey and Egypt ^[17] . However, all fears were in vain. In 2017, the tourist flow to Turkey increased significantly. Russian tourists have become the absolute leaders of foreign tourism in Turkey. The exact number of Russian tourists in Turkey was 4,715,438 people, which is 444% more than the volume of 2016 and 29.4% more - the results of a more revealing 2015.

Turkey was visited by tourists from Russia:

• Egypt Tourism
• Turkish history

  Turkey Travel Guide on Wikigid

• Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey
• How does the Russian Black Sea differ from the Turkish
• Turkish journalist named the reasons for the death of the tourism industry in the country // Lenta.ru , 04/20/2016
• Turkish tourism is experiencing the first recession in the last 10 years // Antalya Today, 04/21/2016
• Melting Miles (How does the tourism industry experience the collapse of hopes for Turkish beaches) // Lenta.ru, July 2016
• Putsch in Turkey: Results and Implications for Russian Tourists // Antalya Today, 07/21/2016
• Turkey will miss Russian tourists. The threat of terrorist attacks and high prices can scare away domestic vacationers // NG , 07.07.2016
• Turkey has become popular again // propertyinn.ru, April 10, 2017