According to data released by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism,
the number of international visitors to Türkiye scored a 308.48 percent increase year-on-year in May 2022, climbing to a record 3,824,555 arrivals.
Between January-May 2022, the number of international visitors to
Türkiye was off to an impressive start, marking a 207.1 percent year-on-year rise, reaching 11.3 million.
With regard to tourist arrivals in Türkiye during the first five months of the year, Germany came out on top of the list with a 367 percent increase, followed by Bulgaria and Russia with increases of 335 and 49 percent, respectively, compared to the same period a year earlier.
“Future reservations and the first six- month realizations are very satisfying. We will have attracted an estimated 19 million visitors to Türkiye by the end of June," Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said.