More than 11 million Turkish citizens traveled abroad in 2023

A record number of Turkish citizens traveled outside Turkey in 2023. The trend towards an increase has been observed for several years. In 2021, this number was 2,759,186 people, in 2022 - 7,345. 514 people, and in 2023 - a record 11,167,433 people! Thus, practically every eighth Turkish citizen left the country last year for one reason or another.

Which countries did Turkish citizens prefer to visit?

Iraq - 1,908,838 trips
Bulgaria - 1.449.968 trips
Georgia - 916.422 trips
Greece - 890.442 trips
Azerbaijan - 339.611 trips
Germany - 319.856 trips
USA - 246.321 trips
Iran - 183,680 trips
France - 77.467 trips
Russia - 76.399 trips
Italy - 62.058 trips
Netherlands - 43.243 trips
United Kingdom - 40.870 trips
Austria - 26,860 trips
China - 24.101 trips
Belgium - 18,814 trips
Canada - 14.804 trips
Japan - 12.986 trips
Tunisia - 6,459 trips
Spain - 6,320 trips
Switzerland - 5,955 trips
Sweden - 5,337 trips
Ukraine - 5.181 trips
Denmark - 1,349 trips
Israel - 1,285 trips

26.670. 425 citizens abroad stayed with their relatives and 12.790.705 spent the night in hotels and hostels. In monetary terms, the Turks spent a total of 7 billion 68 million 901 thousand dollars on foreign trips.

The reasons why Turkish citizens traveled abroad:
tourism - 4,160,221 people.
visiting relatives - 2,416,671 people.
business - 2.171.945
shopping - 551.596 people.
visiting sacred places - 478,892 people
. getting an education - 150,178 people.
for treatment - 12.506 people.