From January to July, the number of visitors exceeded 30 million, which is 16% more than last year. The number of visitors exceeded even the figures of 2019. According to Turkey's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, foreign tourists accounted for more than 26.7 million of the total number of tourists, and about 3 million were Turkish citizens living abroad.
Russians were the most active tourists. About 3.5 million people visited the country's resorts, 60% more than a year ago. German citizens are in second place with 3.2 million visitors. In third place are the British, who spent their vacations in Turkey in the amount of 2 million people.