Over 10 mln foreign tourists visit Antalya in 2017, 56% increase

“Turkey hosted more Russian tourists last year than in 2014,” Mediterranean Touristic Hoteliers’ Association head Erkan Yağcı (AKTOB) said. Some 4.7 million Russians visited Turkey in 2017, according to Yağcı.
He also noted that the global tourism industry grew by seven percent last year, with 1.32bln people travelling around the world. The main tourist destination was Europe in 2017, Yağcı said.
Early bookings for Turkey made by European and Russian holidaymakers point to a strong performance in 2018, he added.