As many as 89,488 Qatari nationals travelled into Turkey from January to November this year, according to the Turkish Cultural and Tourism Office.
This is a 12.59% increase when compared to the same period last year, making them the second-largest tourist population arriving from an Arab nation.
The number of international visitors travelling to Turkey from January to November this year has climbed to 40,719,786 tourists, representing a 14.47% increase when compared to the same period last year.
Contributing to this rise is a significant surge in the number of visitors travelling in from neighbouring GCC nations, with the largest influx from Kuwait followed by Qatar.
“Shopping, medical tourism, and gastronomy are some of the biggest draws for tourists visiting Turkey from the GCC countries,” noted Salih Ozer, Attaché of Culture and Information, Turkey.
“Areas such as Istanbul, Bursa, Yalova, Trabzon, and Antalya are all popular with Middle Eastern travellers. Most tourists come to us in the summer period of June to August and the winter months of December to February,” Ozer added.
Of the nearly 41mn foreign visitors to Turkey so far this year, the largest faction has travelled in from Russia, with 6,694,453 visitors, representing almost 16.5% of the total number, and followed by tourists from Germany, the UK, and Bulgaria.
The number of international visitors travelling to Turkey from January to November this year has climbed to 40,719,786 tourists, representing a 14.47% increase when compared to the same period last year.
Contributing to this rise is a significant surge in the number of visitors travelling in from neighbouring GCC nations, with the largest influx from Kuwait followed by Qatar.
“Shopping, medical tourism, and gastronomy are some of the biggest draws for tourists visiting Turkey from the GCC countries,” noted Salih Ozer, Attaché of Culture and Information, Turkey.
“Areas such as Istanbul, Bursa, Yalova, Trabzon, and Antalya are all popular with Middle Eastern travellers. Most tourists come to us in the summer period of June to August and the winter months of December to February,” Ozer added.
Of the nearly 41mn foreign visitors to Turkey so far this year, the largest faction has travelled in from Russia, with 6,694,453 visitors, representing almost 16.5% of the total number, and followed by tourists from Germany, the UK, and Bulgaria.
