Turkey attracted 30M tourists in 1st 11 months of 2017

Turkey's migration authority says more than 30M foreign nationals visited the country through November, up 5M from 2016

By Muhammed Boztepe

ANKARA (AA) – More than 30 million foreign nationals entered Turkey in the first 11 months of 2017, according to data compiled from Turkey's migration authority on Saturday.

A total of 30.37 million foreign nationals entered Turkey, while 30.4 million left the country during the same time, according to data from the Migration Management Directorate General examined by Anadolu Agency.

In 2016, 24.7 million foreign nationals visited Turkey, and in the first 11 months of this year this figure rose more than 5 million, the data showed.

Russians were the number one nationality visiting Turkey via land, air, sea, or rail, followed by Germans and Iranians, according to the data.

In October, the governor of Turkey’s Mediterranean province of Antalya said that Russian tourists visiting the city hit an all-time high, reaching 3.4 million by the end of September.

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