Revenues from tourism in Turkey in the second quarter decreased by 35% – RBC

Revenue from tourism in Turkey in the second quarter of 2016 fell by 35.6% compared to the same period last year, according to Anadolu, citing data from the Turkish Statistical Institute.

Thus, the country’s income from tourism activities amounted to approximately $ 5 billion, the country adopted the 7.5 million tourists, 2 million of them – the Turks living abroad. According to the agency, the second quarter is traditionally shown poor results in the attraction of tourists compared to other times of the year.

At the same time in the second quarter of last year in Turkey, 10.7 million tourists visited, and all for 2015 We visited the country 42 million foreign visitors. Ankara tourism earned $ 31.5 billion (about 4% of national income).

In June, the number of foreigners who came to Turkey decreased by 40.86%, according to data from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. In total in the country in the past month have driven 2.4 million people.

In July, in Turkey there was a coup attempt. The country is also periodically occurring attacks that organize militants “Islamic State” (banned in Russia), and the PKK, which Ankara considers a terrorist organization.