Turkish residents made a total of 14mn trips in Q1, representing a 9.6% y/y increase, the statistics institute TUIK’s Household Domestic Tourism survey showed on August 6.
On average, domestic tourists spent TRY265 (€87) per trip in Q1, up from TRY258 in Q1/2014. Total domestic tourism expenditures rose by 12.2% y/y to TRY3.69bn in Q1.
In 2014 as a whole, the number of trips residents made rose to 70.9mn from 68.5mn in 2013 while total tourism expenditures increased from TRY18.4bn to TRY22.6bn.
Turkey’s tourism revenues increased by 1.3% y/y to $4.87bn in Q1, the statistics institute (TUIK) said on April 30. TUIK announced on January 30 that Turkey’s tourism revenues rose by 6.2% y/y to $34.3bn in 2014. In the latest medium-term programme (MTP) covering 2015-2017, the government foresees €31.5bn of tourism revenues for 2015. Turkey’s tourism revenues decreased by 14% y/y to $7.73bn in Q2, the TUIK said on July 31.
Foreign tourist arrivals increased by 4.12% y/y to 4.53mn in Q1, the Ministry of Tourism said on April 27. Foreign tourist visits to Turkey rose by 5.5% y/y to 36.8mn people in 2014, the ministry of tourism said on January 22. Foreign tourist visits to Turkey declined by 5% y/y to 4.1mn people in June and foreign tourist arrivals decreased by 2% y/y to 14.9mn in H1, the Ministry of Tourism said on July 29.
Turkey's Domestic Tourism Activity | ||||||||
Domestic Tourists (th) | Trips (th) | Overnights (th) | Overnights per Trip | Expenditures (TRY th) | Tour Expenditures (TRY th) | Individual Expenditures (TRY th) | Expenditures per Trip (TRY) | |
Q1-13 | 9,711 | 11,972 | 84,372 | 7.0 | 2,461,783 | 75,553 | 2,386,230 | 206 |
Q2-13 | 13,068 | 16,232 | 116,118 | 7.2 | 4,257,748 | 344,640 | 3,913,108 | 262 |
Q3-13 | 21,106 | 26,452 | 269,577 | 10.2 | 8,184,045 | 761,319 | 7,422,726 | 309 |
Q4-13 | 11,250 | 13,797 | 87,392 | 6.3 | 3,513,242 | 93,086 | 3,420,156 | 255 |
2013 | - | 68,452 | 557,459 | 8.1 | 18,416,817 | 1,274,597 | 17,142,220 | 269 |
Q1-14 | 10,061 | 12,745 | 96,699 | 7.6 | 3,292,746 | 106,154 | 3,186,592 | 258 |
Q2-14 | 12,633 | 15,710 | 87,273 | 5.6 | 4,689,071 | 380,193 | 4,308,878 | 298 |
Q3-14 | 22,018 | 28,332 | 307,450 | 10.9 | 10,693,813 | 518,535 | 10,175,278 | 377 |
Q4-14 | 11,181 | 14,108 | 84,449 | 6.0 | 3,925,571 | 154,932 | 3,770,639 | 278 |
2014 | - | 70,895 | 575,871 | 8.1 | 22,601,201 | 1,159,814 | 21,441,387 | 319 |
Q1-2014 | 10,791 | 13,966 | 104,921 | 7.5 | 3,694,829 | 80,025 | 3,614,803 | 265 |
source: tuik |
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