Tourism revenues increase to US$ 5 billion in 1st quarter 2013
Turkish Statistical Institution has revealed that Turkey’s tourism revenues wnet up toUS$5 billion in the first quarter of the year, with a 38.6 percent increase on the previous year.
It reported that this promising development is due to the increase in tourist numbers by 18.7 percent, surpassing 5 million in total in three months.
Revenues have surged due to a sharp increase in tourists as well as their individual average expenditure, which was $982 per person.
While 72.5 percent of the income for the period was obtained from foreign visitors, 27.5 percent was obtained from citizens residing abroad.
26.04.2013
SOURCE: TUIK