Over 2 million Russian tourists visit Türkiye in seven months

From January to July, 2.97 million Russian tourists visited Türkiye. 

This is 41.46 per cent more compared to the same period in 2021, Kommersant reports citing the Turkish Culture and Tourism Ministry.

According to OnlineTur.ru, the most popular summer destinations for organised tours from the Russian Federation were Türkiye, Egypt, the UAE and the Maldives.

OneTwoTrip calculated that in general, the number of tourists travelling to foreign countries increased 2.2 times over the year, up to 11 per cent. In OneTwoTrip, Armenia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan were included in the top five popular countries in addition to Türkiye.