Türkiye hosts over 25 million international visitors in the first half of the year
Citește în limba română. Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Türkiye’s Minister of Culture and Tourism, announced the country’s first-half tourism results in a press conference held in İstanbul on July 31st. In the first 6 months of 2026, Türkiye hosted 25.8 million international visitors. Hence, Türkiye’s tourism revenues remained at last year’s level, totalling USD 25.8 billion. “Regional tensions in the Middle East and global uncertainties have impacted tourism demand in the first half of 2026. Although Türkiye was not involved in the conflict and all our airlines and airports continued to operate without disruption, the closure of Middle Eastern airspace led...