Big jump in Turkey’s tourism income

Turkey earned $7.6 billion from tourism in July to September quarter of 2004 period, of which $5.5 billion came from foreign visitors, with Turkish citizens living abroad accounting for the remaining $2.2 billion while visiting Turkey, the study showed. The total income increase was 8.9 percent when compared to the third quarter of 2003.
During the same period, $734.3 million was spent by the tourism industry in the third quarter of 2004, an increase of 5.7 percent over the same quarter of 2003.