The flow of foreign tourists in Istanbul in January -July grew 7 percent compared to the same period last year – up to 10 million 467 thousand 313 people.
Such data on Sunday, September 1, cites the Department of Culture and Tourism of Istanbul.
In the first seven months of last year, the Turkish metropolis visited 9 million 776 thousand 635 foreign tourists.
Thereby, in the first seven months this year, Istanbul accepted 690 thousand 678 tourists more than the same period last year.
In July, 1 million 905 thousand 146 foreign tourists visited the metropolis, which is more than the same last year by 2 percent. At the same time, 1 million 832 thousand 661 of them used air, 72 thousand 485 – naval transport.
Istanbul took a lot of foreign tourists in the past months from the Russian Federation – 192 thousand 18 people.
The following is Germany – 153 thousand 861 people, the USA – 114 thousand 412 tourists, Saudi Arabia – 108 thousand 983 tourists, Iran -101 thousand 146 tourists, Great Britain – 84 thousand 542 tourists, France – 71 thousand thousand . 506 tourists, Uzbekistan – 51 thousand 292 tourists, Netherlands – 47 thousand 661 tourists, 44 thousand 314 tourists and Italy – 42 thousand 517 tourists.
In general, in July, Istanbul received foreign guests from 195 countries, including Tuval, San Tome and Principi, Vatican, Solomon Island, Samoa, Eastern Timer, Butane.