Turkey’s place in TOP of the most popular countries of the world

The countries that are the most popular among tourists are named. The Tourism Highlights 2017 Edition was conducted by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).

In the first place in terms of popularity among the tourists is France. Also, in the top three there are United States and Spain. Then its followed by China, which becomes more and more popular every year with the foreign travelers, then comes Italy, Britain, Germany, Mexico and Thailand.

The last tenth place in the prestigious ranking is Turkey. The number of tourists in the country is growing year by year, we recall that last year more than 32 million tourists have visited the Turkish Republic, and 35 million travelers on abroad for this year.

26.01.2018

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