Tourism Statistics III. Quarter: July-September 2015
Tourism Statistics, III. Quarter: July - September, 2015
Tourism revenue down 4.4% compared to the same quarter of last year
Tourism income consists of July, August and September III. quarter-on-year decrease of 4.4% compared to the same quarter of the previous year to $ 12 billion 294 million 189 thousand. 80.9% of tourism income (excluding mobile phone roaming and marina service expenditures) was obtained from foreign visitors and 19.1% was obtained from citizen visitors residing abroad.
Visitors can organize their travel with a personal or package tour. Personal expenditures accounted for 8 billion 967 million 301 thousand dollars and package tour expenditures for 3 billion 326 million 888 thousand.
Average spending per visitor was $ 706
The average expenditure of foreigners in this quarter was $ 670, while the average expenditure of non-residents was $ 881.
Number of visitors increased by 1.9% compared to the same quarter of last year
The number of departing visitors from Turkey in 2015 is III. In the first quarter of 2009, compared to the same quarter of the previous year increased by 1.9% to 17 million 408 thousand 994 people. Of these, 84.8% (14 million 761 thousand 540 people) were foreigners and 15.2% (2 million 647 thousand 454 people) were citizens residing abroad.
Tourism expenditures increased by 14.1% compared to the same quarter of last year
Tourism expenditures, which consisted of the expenditures of our citizens living in Turkey and visiting other countries, increased by 14.1% when compared to the same quarter of the previous year and became 1 billion 344 million 630 thousand dollars. Of this, 1 billion 212 million 156 thousand $ personal, 132 million 475 thousand of the package tour was composed of spending.
Citizens visiting abroad III. increased by 12.6% quarter-on-quarter
In this quarter, the number of citizens visiting abroad increased by 12.6% compared to the same quarter of the previous year and became 2 million 571 thousand 810. Their average expenditure per capita was $ 523.
Tourism income and expense, III. Quarter: July-September, 2015
The figures in the table may not be the sum due to rounding.
The publication date of the next press release related to this subject is 29 January 2016.