NUMBER OF TOURISTS IN ISTANBUL IN 2021

Istanbul Province Culture and Tourism Directorate data; Istanbul, 9 months of the year style=”color:#c0392b”>We hosted 5 million 829 thousand 920 tourists breaks last year’s record.

Istanbul Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism announced the number of foreign tourists visiting Istanbul, their entry points and which countries they came from. According to these data, the number of tourists coming to Istanbul was 5 million 829 thousand 920 in the 9 months of the year. Among the foreigners who came to Istanbul in September, Iranians ranked first and Russians ranked second.

* In September, 975 thousand 916 people visited Istanbul. In September, the number of tourists increased by 111 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Compared to the previous year, there was a 112 percent increase in those arriving by air, and a 6 percent increase in those arriving by sea. In September, 1,311 tourists came to Istanbul from Atatürk Airport, 284 thousand 328 tourists from Sabiha Gökçen Airport, 687 thousand 171 tourists from Istanbul Airport, 1,310 from Tuzla Port, 1,265 from Zeytinburnu Port, 188 from Ambarlı Port, Haydarpaşa Port. 238 people from Pendik Port, 71 people from Pendik Port and 34 people from Marmara Port landed in Istanbul.

* Istanbul Airport was preferred by 70 percent of foreigners arriving by air, and Sabiha Gökçen Airport was preferred by 29 percent.

* The highest rate of the total number of foreign visitors coming to Istanbul in 2021 was 14.92 percent in January, 14.56 percent in February, 16.03 percent in March and 12.70 percent in April.

 * The highest rate of the total number of foreign visitors coming to Istanbul in May was 10.13 percent, 10.37 percent in June, 12.93 percent in July and 11.72 percent in August, respectively. created.

 * The highest rate of the total number of foreign visitors entering Istanbul in September 2021 was Iranian citizens with 10.86 percent.