The growth of outbound tourist flow of the Russians to Turkey amounted to 16% according to the results of 9 months of 2010 in comparison with 2009. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sport of Turkey, more than 2Â 818Â 000 Russians have already visited the country this year. So, it can be said with confidence that the number of 3 million people will be overcome in 2010.
In general, 23Â 135Â 200 foreigners visited Turkey during 9 months of 2010 (+1.3 million people in comparison with the same period of last year).
The tourist flow of the Russians to Turkey increased by 8% in September 2010 in comparison with September 2009 and by 9.3% in comparison with September 2008, amounting to 478 000 people. It’s a record-breaking indicator according to the results of 9 months of calendar year.
However, according to the results of 9 months of 2010, the Russians kept just the 2nd place in the rating of the countries suppliers of the tourists to Turkey with the share of 12.2% staying behind just for 2.4% of the share of constantly leading German market. source: atorus.ru
