What contribution did the Russians make to the attendance record of Antalya?

Antalya received more than 15 million foreigners for the first time in history. Russia made a significant contribution to the record: more than every third holidaymaker at the Turkish resort was a citizen of the Russian Federation.

In Turkey They like to record tourist records. Antalya has moved away from the usual method of accounting for tourists: international traffic at Antalya airports (14.612 million) and Gazipasha airports (301 thousand people) was added by travelers arriving at resorts through docking in Istanbul (600,000 people), cruise passengers (55,000 people) and 15.6 million foreign tourists (as of November 20, 2019).

Antalya “overstepped” the figure of tourist flow in 2018 (13.6 million people) and took a record for itself in 15 million foreigners.

Antalya is set to close the year with 16 million tourists, but the tourist province is unlikely to receive a million foreign visitors in December.

Antalya’s record would not have happened without the Russians. The number of Russian tourist arrivals for the first 10 months of 2019 is more than 5.4 million: 14.5% more than for the whole of 2018 and 16% more compared to the same period of 2018. The share of the Russian market in the entrance to Antalya is 38%.

About 93% of Russians visited Antalya on package tours of tour operators.

In the season “Winter 2019-2020”, flights to Antalya are operated from 16 cities of Russia.

Source: atorus