“Slap” in tourism due to terrorism in Istanbul

Impact on tourism it seems that the attacks that συγκλόνησαν Istanbul, as the number of foreign tourists who visited the city in…
2016 stood at 9.2 million, reduced by 26% compared with a year ago, according to data from the Directorate of Culture and Tourism of Istanbul.
As reported in an article in the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet, this is the first decline (on an annual basis) in arrivals of foreign tourists in Istanbul since 2000, amid growing concerns for safety in the city.
The highest monthly decrease was recorded in June, and the fall in arrivals of foreign tourists reached 35.2% compared with the corresponding month of 2015.
The first half of 2016 visited the Istanbul -first preference destination for those visiting Turkey – 4,45 million. foreigners, while the second 4,76, according to official data, which include data from the two airports of the city as well as from the ports HaydapaÅŸa, Pendik, Zeytinburnu and Karaköy.
And while the arrivals by air decreased by 23% in 2016 compared with 2015, the arrivals by sea, they did “dive” by 89%.
The largest decrease in terms of arrivals from the United States, Iraq and Russia. Features mentioned in the article that the number of American tourists who visited last year Istanbul was reduced by 43,2% in comparison with 2015. The corresponding rate for the Iraqi tourists was 43,1%, and for the Russians 39,2%.
The largest number of foreign tourists in Istanbul, in 2016, came from Europe (3.9 million arrivals) and the Middle East (2.3 million). Followed by Asia, Africa, North America, Latin America and Oceania.
At the top of foreign tourists with the largest share in arrivals were the Germans, with a rate of 10.9%, followed by the Iranians with 7%, the Saudis, with 5,2%, British 4%, the French with 3,9%, the Americans with 3,5% and the Russians with 3,2%, according to official figures.
Source: ana-MPA
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