Russia became the leader of the tourist flow to Antalya

At the resort of Antalya counted how many Russians arrived on vacation since the resumption of direct flights.

The administration of the Turkish resort reports that from June 22 to July 15, 1.2 million foreign guests arrived in Antalya. Of these, 37% of tourists are from Russia. In the first 26 days since the resumption of flights with Turkey, Antalya received 440,000 Russians.

For comparison: the number of Russians in total is ahead of the tourist flows from Ukraine (190 thousand people) and Germany (187 thousand people) (Top-3 entry markets of Antalya).

One of the peak days in terms of the number of Russian arrivals was July 17: 105 flights arrived from our country to Antalya, 28,500 Russians flew on them.

According to the estimates of the Association of Professional Hotel Managers (POYD), in July 2021 Antalya has the best hotel occupancy rates in the last 20 months. In August, more foreigners are waiting at the resort: the UK government plans to lift the restriction on flights to Turkey from August 9.

Source: tourism.interfax

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