Turkey Tourist Arrivals

The number of foreign visitors to Turkey climbed by 4.3% year-on-year to 5.68 million in October 2025, following a 0.5% increase in the previous month. Among the top five source countries, arrivals grew from Russia (11.4%) and Germany (6.2%), but fell from Iran (-4.6%), the UK (-3.8%), and Bulgaria (-1.8%). By destination, Antalya remained the most popular, accounting for 37.2% of all foreign tourists, followed by Istanbul (32.7%) and Mugla (6.9%). For the January-September period, total foreign arrivals decreased by -0.1% from a year earlier to 47.25 million.