1.6 million tourists came to Istanbul in September – Last Minute Economy News

According to veri from the Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism of Istanbul, 11 million 787 thousand 834 tourists visited the city in the 9 months of this year.

1 million 607 thousand 45 tourists came to Istanbul in September and 975 thousand 916 tourists in the same month last year. As a result, the number of tourists in September increased by 64% compared to the same month in 2021.

In September, 1 million 570 thousand 866 people arrived in the city by air and 36 thousand 179 people arrived by sea. The number of those arriving in Istanbul by air increased by 61% over the previous year and the number of those arriving by sea increased by 1144%.

In September, 1928 people entered Istanbul from Atatürk airport, 420,000 989 people from Sabiha Gökçen airport, 1 million 147,000 949 people from Istanbul airport. By sea, 1753 from the port of Tuzla, 26 thousand 559 from the port of Karaköy, 4 thousand 255 from the port of Sarayburnu, 1162 from the port of Zeytinburnu, 188 from the port of Ambarlı, 2 thousand 134 from the port of Haydarpaşa and the port of Marmara 57, 71 visitors foreigners came from Porto Pendik.

71.43% of tourists arriving by plane used Istanbul airport and 26.20% used Sabiha Gökçen airport.

THE RUSSIANS ARE CLASSIFIED IN FIRST PLACE

Among the tourists who arrived in Istanbul in September, the Russians took first place with 170,000 230 people.

Russia with 114 thousand 439 tourists, Germany with 110 thousand 539 tourists, USA with 77 thousand 39 tourists, England with 58 thousand 28 tourists, Saudi Arabia with 53 thousand 804 tourists, Iraq with 50 thousand 244 tourists, France with 42 thousand 798 tourists, and respectively 41 thousand 177 tourists, followed from Israel with 34 thousand 282 tourists, Jordan with 33 thousand 969 tourists, Italy with 33 thousand 277 tourists, Uzbekistan with 33 thousand 64 tourists, Azerbaijan with 31 thousand 140 tourists and Kazakhstan with 31 thousand 78 tourists.

Russians made up 10.59% of those who visited Istanbul in September, Germans 7.12%, Iranians 6.88%, Americans 4.79% and British 3.61%.

While tourists from 195 countries came to Istanbul in September, 1 person from Samoa, 2 people from Vatican City, the Kingdom of Esvatini, Puerto Rico and East Timor visited the city.

Meanwhile, 1 million 235 thousand 301 tourists came to Istanbul in September 2018, 1 million 359 thousand 175 tourists in September 2019 and 460 thousand 670 tourists in September 2020.