More than 1.5 million tourists visited Turkey in June

From specific countries, Germany is in first place with 312,177 tourists to Turkey. The Russian Federation follows Germany with 173,968 tourists and then Britain with 148,759. Other nationalities that visited Turkey in June included Dutch, Bulgarian, Austrian, French, Iranian, Swedish, Belgian, Greek, Israeli, U.S., Danish and Ukrainian. It was also stated that 414,199 Turkish citizens went to foreign countries in June as tourists.

Meanwhile, the Culture and Tourism Minister Erkan Mumcu stated that the growth in tourism sector is continuous. Mumcu also said that the adverse conditions created by the Iraq war were over and Turkey will reach its desired target by the end of this year.