The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Turkey has published statistics on foreign visits to the country for January 2023. Russia is the leader in terms of the volume of incoming traffic in January. The Russian tourist flow as a whole increased by 108.5%, while the number of arrivals of Russians to Istanbul increased by 109.2% compared to January 2022, and to Antalya – by 66%.
According to the results of the first month of 2023, 2,005,967 visits of foreigners to the country were counted in Turkey. The first place in terms of the tourist flow to Turkey in January is occupied by Russia – 279,818 arrivals (13.95% of the total foreign tourist flow), Bulgaria is second (167,138. 8.33%), Germany is third (139,955. 6.98%).
The UK was out of the TOP 5, Georgia and Iran were in 4th and 5th places with mostly non-tourist visits. Mostly Bulgarian citizens went to Turkey for non-tourist purposes.
The dynamics of the Russian tourist flow to Turkey at the beginning of the year is a pronounced plus. So, in January 2023, the number of visits of Russians to this country more than doubled – an annual increase of 108.5%.
The second country in the January TOP 5, almost all visits from which are of a tourist nature, Germany, showed an increase of only 36.4% compared to January 2022. Thus, the forecasts of last year about the "mass wintering" of Europeans in Turkey did not come true.
HOW WERE THE ARRIVALS OF RUSSIANS DISTRIBUTED ACROSS VARIOUS REGIONS OF TURKEY IN JANUARY 2023
In the structure of the total volume of Russian tourist flow to Turkey in January 2023 (279,818 visits), the leader Istanbul. Its share in the first month of the year is almost two–thirds of visits (182,018 visits from Russia or 65% of all arrivals to Turkey from our country). At the same time, the volume of Russian tourist traffic to Istanbul more than doubled over the year, amounting to +109.2% compared to January 2022.
The tourist flow from the Russian Federation to the resorts of Antalya province in January 2023 amounted to 71,752 visits (25.6% of the total Russian tourist flow to Turkey this month). Compared to January 2022, the number of trips of Russians to Antalya increased by 66%.
In January, only 454 Russians (0.16% of the total Russian tourist flow) arrived at the resorts of the province of Mugla (Muula), on the Aegean coast of Turkey, which, however, is still more than double the figures of January 2022 (190 visits).
Finally, the most impressive growth is in Izmir province on the Aegean coast of Turkey, where Russian airlines are actively putting flights. In January 2023, 1,268 visits of Russians were counted there (0.45% of the Russian tourist flow to Turkey). This is 793% more than in January 2022.
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