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Tourism revenues in Turkey rose by 5.0% year-on-year to USD 25.5 billion in the third quarter of 2026 from USD 24.0 billion in the same period a year earlier. Individual expenditures accounted for USD 17.1 billion of total tourism revenue, while package tour expenditures amounted to USD 8.2 billion. By spending category, package tours accounted for the largest share (32.3%), followed by food and beverages (20.5%) and accommodation (12.5%). Compared with the same quarter last year, health-related spending increased by 23.6%, while accommodation expenditures rose by 19.0% and domestic transportation spending grew by 12.1%. Meanwhile, most visitors travelled for tourism, entertainment, sports, and cultural activities (74.5%), followed by visits to relatives and friends (16.9%) and shopping (3.7%).

Tourism revenues in Turkey fell 2.6% year-on-year to USD 15.9 billion in the second quarter of 2026. Individual expenditures accounted for USD 10.9 billion of total tourism revenue, while package tour expenditures amounted to USD 4.7 billion. The largest share of spending was on package tours (30.2%), followed by food and beverages (21%), international transportation (12.4%), and accommodation (11.3%). Compared with the same quarter last year, spending on accommodation increased by 11.7%, while food and beverage spending rose by 5.2%. Meanwhile, spending on package tours declined by 5.5%, and transportation spending fell by 6.1%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey increased 4.2% year-on-year to USD 9.9 billion in the first quarter of 2026. Individual expenditures accounted for USD 8.5 billion of total tourism income, while package tour expenditures constituted USD 1.2 billion. The largest share of spending was on food and beverages (27%), followed by international transportation (15.8%), accommodation (13%), and package tour (12.6%). Compared with the same quarter last year, spending on accommodation increased by 21.2%, health-related expenditures rose by 18.4%, and food and beverage spending grew by 13.7%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey increased 9.9% year-on-year to USD 15.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2025. Individual expenditures accounted for USD 11 billion of total tourism income, while package tour spending made up USD 3.9 billion. The largest shares of spending were on package tours (26.2%), food and beverages (22.8%), and international transport (13.6%). Compared with the same quarter last year, spending on package tours rose 5.5%, accommodation grew 15.2%, and food and beverage expenditures increased 20.8%. For the whole of 2025, tourism revenues rose 6.8% year-on-year to USD 65.2 billion.

Tourism revenues in Turkey rose 3.9% year-on-year to USD 24.3 billion in the third quarter of 2025. Individual expenditures accounted for USD 16 billion of total tourism income, while package tour spending made up USD 8.7 billion. The largest shares of spending were on package tours (33.6%), food and beverages (19.9%), and international transport (11.1%). Compared with the same quarter last year, spending on health services increased 20.3%, accommodation rose 17.3%, and food and beverage expenditures climbed 14.8%. For the first three quarters of 2025, tourism revenues grew 5.7% year-on-year, reaching USD 50 billion.

Tourism revenues in Turkey increased by 8.4% year-on-year to USD 16.3 billion in the second quarter of 2025. Individual expenditures accounted for USD 11.1 billion of total tourism income, while package tour expenditures made up USD 5 billion. The largest shares of spending were on package tours (31%), food and beverages (19.4%), and international transport (12.8%). Compared to the same quarter last year, spending on tour services rose by 12.5%, food and beverage expenditures climbed by 13.7%, and transport spending increased by 13.8%. For the first half of the year, tourism revenues rose by 7.6% from the same period in 2024, reaching USD 25.8 billion.

Tourism revenues in Turkey rose by 5.6 % year-on-year to $9.45 billion in the first quarter of 2025. Individual expenditures constituted $8.1 billion of the total tourism income, while package tour expenditures made up $1.2 billion. The largest shares of expenditure were on food and beverages (24.7%), international transport (15.9%), package tours (13.1%). Compared to the same quarter the previous year, spending on package tour increased by 20.8%, food and beverage spending rose by 15.7% and transport expenditure grew by 8.9%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey surged by 14.5 % year-on-year to $13.79 billion in the fourth quarter of 2024. Individual expenditures constituted $9.9 billion of the total tourism income, while the share of package tour expenditures was $3.7 billion in the fourth quarter. The largest shares of expenditure were on package tours (27.2%), food and beverages (20.7%), and international transport (13%). Compared to the same quarter the previous year, package tour and food & beverage spending surged by 23.2% and 26.3%, respectively, while international transport expenditure rose by 5.2%. For the full year, tourism revenues increased by 8.3 % from 2023 to $61.10 billion, with tourism income from visitors reaching $60.5 billion. Last year, tourist arrivals climbed by 9% compared to the previous year and reached 62.2 million persons.

Tourism revenues in Turkey grew by 3.9 % year-on-year to $23.22 billion in the third quarter of 2024. Individual expenditures constituted $15.8 billion of the total tourism income, while the share of package tour expenditures was $8.1 billion in the third quarter. The largest shares of expenditure were on package tours (35.1%), food and beverages (17.9%), and international transport (10.9%). Compared to the same quarter the previous year, package tour spending advanced by 18%, while food and beverage spending and international transport expenditure rose by 2.2% and 7.6%, respectively.

Tourism revenues in Turkey surged by 11.8 % year-on-year to $14.88 billion in the second quarter of 2024. Individual expenditures constituted $10.3 of the total tourism income, while the share of package tour expenditures was $4.5 billion in the second quarter. The largest shares of expenditure were on package tours (30.6%), food and beverages (18.5%), and international transport (12.2%). Compared to the same quarter the previous year, package tour spending increased by 32.5%, food and beverage spending rose by 10.6%, and international transport expenditure grew by 1.9%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey rose 6.8 percent year-on-year to USD 12.27 billion in the fourth quarter of 2023, of which 84.8 percent came from foreign visitors while 15.2 percent came from Turkish citizens residing abroad. Moreover, the number of visitors recorded a 4.1 percent growth, totaling USD 12.47 million, with the average per capita spending rising by 2.5 percent to reach USD 984. Expenditure on sports, education & cultural activities surged by 49.4 percent, accommodation expenses saw an increase of 14.3 percent, and food & beverages expenditures rose by 12.9 percent. For the whole 2023, tourism revenues expanded by 16.9 percent to reach USD 54.32 million.

Tourism revenues in Turkey surged to a record high of USD 20.23 billion in the third quarter of 2023, marking a 13.1% year-on-year increase from USD 17.88 billion in the same period last year. A substantial 83.5% of this revenue was generated by international tourists, while 16.5% came from Turkish citizens residing abroad. The number of visitors also saw a robust 6.8% growth, totaling 22.43 million, with the average per capita spending rising by 5.9% to reach USD 902. Expenditure on sports, education, and cultural activities soared by 33.3%, while accommodation expenses saw a substantial 26.1% increase. Additionally, food and beverage expenditures expanded by 24.6%. In contrast, tour services expenses declined by 1.6%. For the January to September period, tourism revenues surged by 20.1% to reach USD 42.0 billion.

Tourism revenues in Turkey rose 23.1 percent year-on-year to $13 billion in the second quarter of 2023, of which 85.5 percent came from foreign visitors and 14.5 percent from citizens resident abroad, mainly for personal or package tours. The average expenditure per night of visitors departing from Turkey was $112 and 70% of the visitors came to Turkey for travel, entertainment, sportive and cultural activities while secondary purpose of visit was visiting relatives & friends by 19%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey rose 22.2 percent year-on-year to $ 11.4 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, of which 84.7 percent came from foreign visitors and 15.3 percent from citizens resident abroad, mainly for personal or package tours. The average expenditure per night of visitors departing from Turkey was $86 and 63% of the visitors came to Turkey for travel, entertainment, sportive and cultural activities while secondary purpose of visit was visiting relatives & friends by 23%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey rose 27.1 percent year-on-year to $17.95 billion in the third quarter of 2022, of which 85.7 percent came from foreign visitors and 14.3 percent from citizens resident abroad, mainly for personal or package tours. The average expenditure per night of visitors departing from Turkey was $89 and 75.1% of the visitors came to Turkey for travel, entertainment, sportive and cultural activities while secondary purpose of visit was visiting relatives & friends by 17.8%.

Tourism revenues in Turkey jumped 95 percent year-on-year to $7.63 billion in the last quarter of 2021, of which 80.1 percent came from foreign visitors and 19.9 percent from citizens resident abroad, mainly for personal or package tours. The average expenditure per night was $63. Considering full 2021, tourism revenues jumped 103% to $24.48 billion.

Tourism revenues in Turkey jumped 182 percent to $11.4 billion in the third quarter of 2021, compared to a year ago, of which 78 percent came from foreign visitors and 22 percent from citizens resident abroad. The average expenditure per night was $74 and visitors came to Turkey mostly for travel, entertainment, sports and cultural activities. In the previous quarter, the tourism revenue was $3 billion.

Tourism revenues in Turkey increased to $3 billion in the second quarter of 2021, compared with $2.45 billion in the previous period and $8 billion in Q2 2019. Data for Q2 2020 is not available due to coronavirus-related border closures. From April to June 2021, 73.1% of total income came from from foreign visitors and 26.9% from citizens resident abroad. The average expenditure per night was $57 and visitors came to Turkey mostly for travel, entertainment, sports and cultural activities.

Turkey's tourism revenues slipped 40.2% from a year earlier to USD 2.45 billion in the first quarter of 2021, of which 68.8% was obtained from foreign visitors and 31.2% was obtained from citizens resident abroad. It was the lowest figure for a first quarter period since 2010, as the ongoing pandemic crisis continued to hit the country's key sector. Apart from health expenditure, all expenditure types decreased compared to the same quarter of the previous year. The number of departing visitors decreased by 53.9% to 2.6 million. Tourism expenditure, which is the expenditure of the Turkish citizens resident in Turkey and visited abroad, fell 70.2%.

Turkey's tourism revenues slumped 50.4 percent from a year earlier to USD 3.914 billion in the fourth quarter of 2020, of which 74.9 percent was obtained from foreign visitors and 25.1 percent was obtained from citizens resident abroad. All expenditure types decreased compared to same quarter of the previous year. Package tour expenditure (share of Turkey) declined by 72.2 percent, tour services expenditure decreased by 68.4 percent and sports, education, culture expenditure decreased by 67.3 percent. Considering 2020 full year, tourism revenues plunged by 65.1 percent from a year earlier to USD 12.96 billion.