Russians set a historical record in Antalya

Russian tourists helped AntalyaTurkey) to set a “record of all times and peoples”.

In mid-October, the resort for the first time in history “took the mark” of 14 million foreign tourists, and every third was Russian.

Antalya authorities: as of October 15, 2019, the number of foreign travelers registered for entry at Antalya and Gazipasi airports reached 14 million 54 thousand 887 people - more than for the whole of 2018 (13.6 million).

During the first 18 days of October, Antalya Airport received 1.2 million foreigners, Gazipasha received 22 thousand tourists. Every day more than 65 thousand people come to the resort.

The growth of tourist flow in Antalya is explained by the increase in the season from March to November.

The achievement of record figures Antalya owes the Russians. From January 1 to October 15, 2019, the number of travelers from Russia is 5 million 171 thousand people.

This is also a record for both the Russian market (for 2018, the tourist flow amounted to 3.8 million people) and a single market in Antalya. This indicator of tourist flow in Antalya has not yet reached any country.

The German market is twice that of Russia: 2.35 million tourists.
In the TOP-5 entry markets of Antalya were Ukraine (776 thousand tourists), Great Britain (665 thousand, Poland 516 thousand). The growth of tourist flow from the Netherlands, Romania, Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark, Israel, Slovakia, Lithuania, Norway, Switzerland, France, Austria is recorded.

Source: atorus