Türkiye announces tourism results for first quarter of 2025

Türkiye received 8.84 million visitors in the first quarter of 2025, Report informs.

As a result, the country's tourism revenue amounted to $9.5 billion in three months.

Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said at a press conference in Istanbul that this is a record figure for the first quarter in the country's history.

"According to the UN World Tourism Organization, Türkiye became the world's fourth largest tourism market in 2024. We aimed to receive 60 million international visitors last year, but we ended the year with 62.2 million, setting a new record. Our target for the end of 2025 is to receive 65 million visitors and generate tourism revenue of $64 billion. Our expectations for April and beyond, as well as the 5.6% increase in tourism revenue in the first three months of 2025, confirm that we will achieve these targets," the minister emphasized.