Two records — negative and positive — were recorded by the Turkish tourism media, evaluating the statistics of the summer of 2022 for tourists. All in all, we are talking about the countries that brought in the most tourists — Germany, Russia, and Great Britain. Great Britain had a positive record, the growth of tourists from there to Turkey was a record 2000%, which, however, is not surprising after the closures of the previous year. Russia has a negative record: the share of the Russian market in Turkey has significantly decreased, the Turks assure.
In general, according to the data announced by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, 40 million 246 thousand tourists visited Turkey in the first nine months. This is approximately 95% of the level of 2019, which was a record for Turkey.
The country that sent the most tourists in the first nine months was Germany — 4.53 million, with an increase of almost two times. In second place is Russia, which showed a result of 3.86 million — which, by the way, is also an increase of 11.80%. And the already mentioned record holder – Great Britain with 2.82 million tourists and a fantastic growth of 1952.93% (but this growth is from zero). The Netherlands and Poland also grew by 100% plus or minus.
What is the “negative” Russian record? According to Turkish media, the fact that Russia’s market share has significantly decreased. In 2021, of all the tourists “supplied” to Turkey, the share of Russia was almost 20%, or rather 19.66%, the Turks calculated. Currently, its share in the volume of tourist traffic has fallen to 11%.