{"id":122422,"date":"2017-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/turkey-tourism-revenues-fell-by-30-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:26:17","slug":"turkey-tourism-revenues-fell-by-30-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/turkey-tourism-revenues-fell-by-30-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey: Tourism Revenues Fell by 30% in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In 2016, Turkey&#8217;s tourism revenues decreased by 30%, reaching USD 22.1 billion, due to the decline in the number of foreign visitor arrivals.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Approximately 72.8% of tourism revenues were generated by foreign visitors, and the remaining 27.2% from Turkish citizens residing abroad, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The number of foreign visitors to Turkey dropped by 30% in 2016 to 25.3 million compared to 2015, following a series of terrorist attacks, the diplomatic crisis with Russia, and the coup attempt in July, according to Ministry of Tourism data.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Germany became the largest source of tourists for Turkey, with about 3.9 million visitors, followed by Georgia with 2.2 million visitors and the United Kingdom with over 1.7 million visitors.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The number of visitors from Europe decreased by approximately 35%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Statistical data also shows that the number of Turkish citizens who traveled abroad last year decreased by 9.8% to 7.9 million people.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Why did Turkey&#8217;s tourism revenue decline in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decline was primarily caused by a series of terrorist attacks, a diplomatic crisis with Russia, and a failed coup attempt in July 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which country sent the most tourists to Turkey in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Germany was the top source of tourists, with approximately 3.9 million visitors, followed by Georgia and the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How much did tourism revenue drop in total?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turkey&#8217;s tourism revenue fell by 30% in 2016, reaching a total of 22.1 billion USD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, Turkey&#8217;s tourism revenues decreased by 30%, reaching USD 22.1 billion, due to the decline in the number of foreign visitor arrivals. Approximately 72.8% of tourism revenues were generated by foreign visitors, and the remaining 27.2% from Turkish citizens residing abroad, according to data from the Turkish Statistical Institute. The number of foreign visitors&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66499,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122422"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}