Tourism Starts To Revive In Antalya / Turkey

The number of tourists coming to Antalya after May 15 will increase. We hope that we will have five million tourists this year like we had last year… There is no need for anybody to get worried. This season will be very well.”

Stressing that many German tourists came to Antalya region last year, Osman Ayik said that ”Germans travel the most among other peoples of Europe. Germans prefer Spain, and then Turkey for holiday. This season we expect Germans to come the most to Antalya again. Russian tourists will follow German tourists.”

Ayik said that 2.34 million Germans; 538,482 Russians; 355,153 Dutch; 227,801 Austrians and 137,710 French tourists came to Antalya in 2002.

(ÖS-AÖ) 07.05.2003