People are flocking to Turkey in unprecedented numbers, in line with figures launched on August 22 by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
The dazzling metropolis of Istanbul is Turkey’s prime vacation spot for American vacationers.
Some 377,000 People visited Turkey within the first half of 2022—a rise of 76.8% over the identical interval in 2019, earlier than the onset of the pandemic.
“That is a rare and thrilling consequence,” stated Yalçın Lokmanhekim, the Normal Supervisor of TGA, the Turkey Tourism Promotion and Improvement Company, in a press launch.
Turkey’s prime vacation spot for People is the singular metropolis of Istanbul, straddling the Bosporus in each Europe and Asia and residential to architectural treasures together with the Hagia Sofia, the Mosque of Süleyman, and the Blue Mosque. The Turkish Aegean coast, the town of Izmir, and the otherworldly landscapes of Cappadocia additionally rank excessive on American guests’ itineraries.
At its top in 2019, Turkey attracted round 51 million overseas guests, rating the nation because the sixth hottest vacationer vacation spot on the earth.
