Turkey’s tourism revenues doubled last year as foreign arrivals bounced back, official data showed Monday, reflecting a recovery as the impact of the initial wave of COVID-19 pandemic measures in 2020 receded.
Revenues climbed 103% to nearly $25 billion in 2021, the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) data showed. The figure was still well off the all-time high of $34.5 billion set in 2019, prior to the outbreak of the pandemic.
In the fourth quarter, the tourism income rose 95% to $7.6 billion, only 3% below the level in October-December 2019 – the last quarter before the coronavirus began having an impact.
The number of visitors, including Turkish nationals living abroad, jumped more than 88% to over 30 million in 2021, separate data by the Culture and Tourism Ministry showed on Monday.
Foreign arrivals jumped 94% to 24.7 million, the ministry said.
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