Turkey Announces Number of Tourist Arrivals in November 2020

Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry announced that 14.4 million people visited Turkey in the first 11 months of 2020. The ministry added that 12 million of those visitors are foreigners.

The figures fell 71.95% year-on-year in the January-November period from 42.9 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry announced.

In November 2020, the top tourism source markets for Turkey are Bulgaria with 17,18% (143.269), Russia Fed. with 15,24% (127.116) Iraq with 5,85% (48.748) share of the total visitors. Iraq is followed by Ukraine and Germany.

In the January – November 2020 period, the top tourism source markets for Turkey are Russia Fed. with 16,94% (2.038.380) Bulgaria with 9,48% (1.140.739) Germany with 8,91% (1.071.782) share of the total visitors. Germany is followed by Ukraine and the United Kingdom (UK).

Istanbul continued to be Turkey’s top tourist draw, attracting nearly 38.2% of foreign visitors – around 4.6 million.

The Mediterranean resort city of Antalya saw the second-highest number of foreign visitors, with 3.2 million.

Edirne, in northwestern Turkey, which borders both Bulgaria and Greece, followed them with 1.68 million foreign visitors.

DISTRIBUTION OF ARRIVING FOREIGN VISITORS BY NATIONALITY – (2018-2020) JANUARY – NOVEMBER
	YEARS			NATIONALITY RATIO (%)			RATE OF CHANGE %
NATIONALITY	2018	2019	2020*	2018	2019	2020*	2019/2018	2020/2019
Algeria	264 625	276 084	49 001	0.70	0.64	0.41	4.33	-82.25
Egypt	136 212	163 629	62 690	0.36	0.38	0.52	20.13	-61.69
Libya	165 432	237 312	96 483	0.44	0.55	0.80	43.45	-59.34
Morocco	162 754	217 696	63 005	0.43	0.51	0.52	33.76	-71.06
Somaliland		74	52		0.00	0.00		-29.73
South Africa Republic	48 271	68 711	11 468	0.13	0.16	0.10	42.34	-83.31
Sudan	14 540	16 399	9 404	0.04	0.04	0.08	12.79	-42.66
Tunisia	126 852	154 792	50 854	0.34	0.36	0.42	22.03	-67.15
OTHER AFRICA COUNTRIES	130 163	188 668	86 238	0.35	0.44	0.72	44.95	-54.29
TOTAL AFRICA	1 048 849	1 323 365	429 195	2.79	3.08	3.57	26.17	-67.57
TOTAL CENTRAL AMERICA	11 916	16 362	3 132	0.03	0.04	0.03	37.31	-80.86
TOTAL NORTH AMERICA	19 768	24 315	8 009	0.05	0.06	0.07	23.00	-67.06
Argentina	66 414	63 272	7 010	0.18	0.15	0.06	-4.73	-88.92
Brazil	72 188	94 309	20 953	0.19	0.22	0.17	30.64	-77.78
Chile	14 167	18 041	3 231	0.04	0.04	0.03	27.35	-82.09
Colombia	51 329	65 443	9 647	0.14	0.15	0.08	27.50	-85.26
Venezuelan	8 499	10 606	2 866	0.02	0.02	0.02	24.79	-72.98
OTHER SOUTH AMERICA COUNTRIES	24 261	30 326	4 653	0.06	0.07	0.04	25.00	-84.66
TOTAL SOUTH AMERICA	236 858	281 997	48 360	0.63	0.66	0.40	19.06	-82.85
TOTAL AMERİCA	268 542	322 674	59 501	0.72	0.75	0.49	20.16	-81.56
Bangladesh	16 613	18 838	5 260	0.04	0.04	0.04	13.39	-72.08
India	135 297	211 405	42 635	0.36	0.49	0.35	56.25	-79.83
Indonesia	107 336	111 510	35 713	0.29	0.26	0.30	3.89	-67.97
Iran	1 894 193	1 968 122	352 577	5.05	4.59	2.93	3.90	-82.09
Malaysia	77 567	95 866	17 541	0.21	0.22	0.15	23.59	-81.70
Pakistan	104 913	120 523	46 071	0.28	0.28	0.38	14.88	-61.77
People’s Republic of China	369 952	403 739	37 890	0.99	0.94	0.31	9.13	-90.62
Philippines	87 323	128 052	45 755	0.23	0.30	0.38	46.64	-64.27
Singapore	22 426	27 817	4 749	0.06	0.06	0.04	24.04	-82.93
Thailand	48 237	56 610	7 886	0.13	0.13	0.07	17.36	-86.07
OTHER SOUTH ASIA COUNTRIES	197 746	243 449	57 177	0.53	0.57	0.48	23.11	-76.51
TOTAL SOUTH ASIA	3 061 603	3 385 931	653 254	8.16	7.89	5.43	10.59	-80.71
Bahrain	68 309	80 833	17 478	0.18	0.19	0.15	18.33	-78.38
Iraq	1 087 425	1 282 489	351 273	2.90	2.99	2.92	17.94	-72.61
Israel	410 572	527 678	123 663	1.09	1.23	1.03	28.52	-76.56
Jordan	386 394	453 067	86 978	1.03	1.06	0.72	17.26	-80.80
Kuwait	282 380	352 415	117 071	0.75	0.82	0.97	24.80	-66.78
Lebanon	314 801	359 289	81 945	0.84	0.84	0.68	14.13	-77.19
Qatar	82 989	93 578	30 098	0.22	0.22	0.25	12.76	-67.84
Saudi Arabia	702 725	539 786	67 236	1.87	1.26	0.56	-23.19	-87.54
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus	240 291	238 816	56 912	0.64	0.56	0.47	-0.61	-76.17
United Arab Emirates	37 791	32 416	3 412	0.10	0.08	0.03	-14.22	-89.47
Yemen	36 364	38 224	12 281	0.10	0.09	0.10	5.11	-67.87
OTHER WESTERN ASIA COUNTRIES	543 430	682 389	220 770	1.45	1.59	1.83	25.57	-67.65
TOTAL WESTERN ASIA	4 193 471	4 680 980	1 169 117	11.17	10.91	9.71	11.63	-75.02
TOTAL ASIA	7 255 074	8 066 911	1 822 371	19.33	18.80	15.14	11.19	-77.41
Armenia	47 948	61 585	8 998	0.13	0.14	0.07	28.44	-85.39
Azerbaijan	802 820	842 057	220 403	2.14	1.96	1.83	4.89	-73.83
Belarus	241 723	254 595	103 967	0.64	0.59	0.86	5.33	-59.16
Georgia	1 929 779	1 831 234	399 944	5.14	4.27	3.32	-5.11	-78.16
Kazakhistan	413 163	438 562	129 050	1.10	1.02	1.07	6.15	-70.57
Kirghizistan	107 571	112 839	47 636	0.29	0.26	0.40	4.90	-57.78
Moldova	186 525	191 285	101 967	0.50	0.45	0.85	2.55	-46.69
Russia Fed.	5 865 466	6 887 136	2 038 380	15.63	16.05	16.94	17.42	-70.40
Tajikistan	38 229	41 101	15 194	0.10	0.10	0.13	7.51	-63.03
Turkmenistan	232 894	277 605	42 519	0.62	0.65	0.35	19.20	-84.68
Ukraine	1 347 060	1 507 194	965 203	3.59	3.51	8.02	11.89	-35.96
Uzbekistan	227 796	235 002	92 013	0.61	0.55	0.76	3.16	-60.85
TOTAL COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES	11 440 974	12 680 195	4 165 274	30.48	29.55	34.61	10.83	-67.15
Albania	118 098	127 218	45 920	0.31	0.30	0.38	7.72	-63.90
Bosnia and Herzegovina	114 878	138 383	58 267	0.31	0.32	0.48	20.46	-57.89
Bulgaria	2 180 744	2 484 664	1 140 739	5.81	5.79	9.48	13.94	-54.09
Croatia	40 922	52 828	15 688	0.11	0.12	0.13	29.09	-70.30
Cyprus	9 876	11 643	2 124	0.03	0.03	0.02	17.89	-81.76
Estonia	60 655	76 006	4 930	0.16	0.18	0.04	25.31	-93.51
Kosovo	132 656	144 786	65 672	0.35	0.34	0.55	9.14	-54.64
Latvia	64 404	84 549	8 896	0.17	0.20	0.07	31.28	-89.48
Lithuania	197 004	227 374	13 591	0.52	0.53	0.11	15.42	-94.02
Malta	7 669	8 114	3 010	0.02	0.02	0.03	5.80	-62.90
Montenegro	22 081	25 473	10 554	0.06	0.06	0.09	15.36	-58.57
North Macedonia Republic	196 432	208 559	108 597	0.52	0.49	0.90	6.17	-47.93
Romania	616 270	732 161	257 055	1.64	1.71	2.14	18.81	-64.89
Serbia	210 996	267 681	123 529	0.56	0.62	1.03	26.87	-53.85
Slovenia	38 694	48 174	7 766	0.10	0.11	0.06	24.50	-83.88
OTHER EUROPE NON-OECD COUNTRIES	2 041	3 071	720	0.01	0.01	0.01	50.47	-76.55
TOTAL EUROPE NON-OECD	4 013 420	4 640 684	1 867 058	10.69	10.81	15.51	15.63	-59.77
Austria	331 752	378 121	104 410	0.88	0.88	0.87	13.98	-72.39
Belgium	492 991	538 474	128 458	1.31	1.25	1.07	9.23	-76.14
Czech Republic	225 474	308 660	14 610	0.60	0.72	0.12	36.89	-95.27
Denmark	319 079	329 139	42 829	0.85	0.77	0.36	3.15	-86.99
Finland	125 374	131 518	13 983	0.33	0.31	0.12	4.90	-89.37
France	691 671	833 681	287 827	1.84	1.94	2.39	20.53	-65.48
Germany	4 334 067	4 835 626	1 071 782	11.55	11.27	8.91	11.57	-77.84
Greece	614 454	774 338	134 019	1.64	1.80	1.11	26.02	-82.69
Hungary	120 314	146 510	15 747	0.32	0.34	0.13	21.77	-89.25
Iceland	2 820	3 839	508	0.01	0.01	0.00	36.13	-86.77
Ireland	68 895	94 502	25 246	0.18	0.22	0.21	37.17	-73.29
Italy	261 722	353 442	68 637	0.70	0.82	0.57	35.04	-80.58
Luxembourg	7 413	10 574	2 103	0.02	0.02	0.02	42.64	-80.11
Netherlands	980 555	1 083 763	254 625	2.61	2.53	2.12	10.53	-76.51
Norway	155 793	203 377	23 788	0.42	0.47	0.20	30.54	-88.30
Poland	633 905	869 229	140 472	1.69	2.03	1.17	37.12	-83.84
Portugal	37 097	51 464	12 126	0.10	0.12	0.10	38.73	-76.44
Slovakia	155 320	205 204	8 072	0.41	0.48	0.07	32.12	-96.07
Spain	160 929	238 296	51 217	0.43	0.56	0.43	48.08	-78.51
Sweden	368 941	429 959	86 487	0.98	1.00	0.72	16.54	-79.88
Switzerland	257 537	298 511	121 578	0.69	0.70	1.01	15.91	-59.27
United Kingdom (UK)	2 212 040	2 506 246	803 782	5.89	5.84	6.68	13.30	-67.93
TOTAL EUROPE OECD	12 558 143	14 624 473	3 412 306	33.45	34.08	28.35	16.45	-76.67
TOTAL EUROPE	16 571 563	19 265 157	5 279 364	44.15	44.90	43.87	16.25	-72.60
TOTAL OCEANIA	590	1 069	395	0.00	0.00	0.00	81.19	-63.05
Australia	91 077	115 037	14 645	0.24	0.27	0.12	26.31	-87.27
Canada	101 040	131 445	31 490	0.27	0.31	0.26	30.09	-76.04
Japan	75 811	96 033	18 776	0.20	0.22	0.16	26.67	-80.45
Mexico	34 130	61 522	11 826	0.09	0.14	0.10	80.26	-80.78
New Zeland	15 375	19 963	2 770	0.04	0.05	0.02	29.84	-86.12
South Korea	146 691	197 937	36 095	0.39	0.46	0.30	34.93	-81.76
United States of America	416 938	540 255	136 646	1.11	1.26	1.14	29.58	-74.71
TOTAL OTHER OECD	881 062	1 162 192	252 248	2.35	2.71	2.10	31.91	-78.30
TOTAL STATELESS	71 042	88 845	26 535	0.19	0.21	0.22	25.06	-70.13
FOREIGN TOTAL	37 537 696	42 910 408	12 034 883	100.00	100.00	100.00	14.31	-71.95

(*)Provisional Data.