Updated 10 November 2026
Turkey tourism statistics: who visits and when
January–September 2026: 40.9 million foreign visitors entered Türkiye, −1.5% against the same months of 2025. Choose your country to see when its visitors come and which months are quiet.
Entries counted at the border, by nationality. Produced by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı). KTB data
When do visitors from your country come?
Pick any nationality in the data to see its visitors by month, this year so far against the same months of last year, its share of all visitors, and its busiest and quietest months.
United Kingdom
Share of a typical year, by month Calculated
- 1.6%Jan
- 2.2%Feb
- 3.2%Mar
- 7.9%Apr
- 12.4%May
- 12.8%Jun
- 14.8%Jul
- 15.2%Aug
- 13.0%Sept
- 11.8%Oct
- 2.9%Nov
- 2.2%Dec
Busiest threeQuietest three
Busiest: July, August, September, together 43% of a year’s visitors.
Quietest: January, February, December, together 6% of a year’s visitors.
Typical year: the average of the complete years 2023–2025 in the data. A description of the past, not a forecast.
| Month | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Share of a typical year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 73,037 | 72,356 | 70,532 | 60,367 | 1.6% |
| Feb | 89,245 | 102,408 | 103,407 | 75,607 | 2.2% |
| Mar | 152,024 | 129,126 | 154,948 | 113,835 | 3.2% |
| Apr | 317,304 | 373,922 | 330,112 | 279,734 | 7.9% |
| May | 493,376 | 547,138 | 550,592 | 452,724 | 12.4% |
| Jun | 454,691 | 527,933 | 563,836 | 507,037 | 12.8% |
| Jul | 544,077 | 611,108 | 660,906 | 574,436 | 14.8% |
| Aug | 590,898 | 638,937 | 668,079 | 588,448 | 15.2% |
| Sept | 480,669 | 539,605 | 576,969 | 505,233 | 13.0% |
| Oct | — | 510,408 | 530,586 | 441,449 | 11.8% |
| Nov | — | 120,903 | 128,892 | 112,932 | 2.9% |
| Dec | — | 96,192 | 94,923 | 89,120 | 2.2% |
| Jan–Sept | 3,195,321 | 3,542,533 | 3,679,381 | 3,157,421 | |
| Whole year | — | 4,270,036 | 4,433,782 | 3,800,922 |
Persons entering. The monthly figures are KTB data (the Ministry’s count at the border); the totals underneath are worked out here. The first total row adds the months up to the latest month in the data; the whole year is shown only where all twelve months are in the data.
Foreign visitors to Türkiye, month by month
Every month in the data for all foreign visitors, the years side by side, and the busiest and quietest months of a typical year.
All foreign visitors
Share of a typical year, by month Calculated
- 4.0%Jan
- 4.1%Feb
- 4.8%Mar
- 7.0%Apr
- 9.5%May
- 11.1%Jun
- 14.0%Jul
- 13.2%Aug
- 11.6%Sept
- 10.4%Oct
- 5.2%Nov
- 5.0%Dec
Busiest threeQuietest three
Busiest: July, August, September, together 39% of a year’s visitors.
Quietest: January, February, March, together 13% of a year’s visitors.
Typical year: the average of the complete years 2023–2025 in the data. A description of the past, not a forecast.
| Month | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | Share of a typical year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2,246,639 | 2,171,118 | 2,047,027 | 2,005,967 | 4.0% |
| Feb | 2,126,698 | 2,171,942 | 2,294,579 | 1,870,414 | 4.1% |
| Mar | 2,463,920 | 2,346,403 | 2,701,244 | 2,335,728 | 4.8% |
| Apr | 3,532,505 | 3,900,546 | 3,611,244 | 3,321,824 | 7.0% |
| May | 4,856,862 | 5,037,447 | 5,130,119 | 4,500,242 | 9.5% |
| Jun | 5,540,424 | 5,772,328 | 5,860,446 | 5,584,021 | 11.1% |
| Jul | 7,096,564 | 7,116,096 | 7,333,812 | 7,148,044 | 14.0% |
| Aug | 6,963,065 | 6,965,343 | 6,825,403 | 6,660,700 | 13.2% |
| Sept | 6,111,821 | 6,087,374 | 6,054,431 | 5,786,027 | 11.6% |
| Oct | — | 5,683,717 | 5,448,459 | 4,987,112 | 10.4% |
| Nov | — | 2,804,705 | 2,733,663 | 2,525,345 | 5.2% |
| Dec | — | 2,718,036 | 2,588,856 | 2,483,756 | 5.0% |
| Jan–Sept | 40,938,498 | 41,568,597 | 41,858,305 | 39,212,967 | |
| Whole year | — | 52,775,055 | 52,629,283 | 49,209,180 |
Persons entering. The monthly figures are KTB data (the Ministry’s count at the border); the totals underneath are worked out here. The first total row adds the months up to the latest month in the data; the whole year is shown only where all twelve months are in the data.
Visitors by nationality, ranked
January–September 2026, most visitors first. The change compares the same months of the year before. Click a column to sort, or a nationality to see its months.
Visitor numbers KTB data Change, share and totals Calculated
| # | Country | Visitors, January–September 2026 | Against 2025 | Share of all visitors | Whole of 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 5,697,461 | +3.1% | 13.9% | 6,903,981 |
| 2 | Germany | 5,169,132 | −0.9% | 12.6% | 6,745,190 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 3,195,321 | −9.8% | 7.8% | 4,270,036 |
| 4 | Iran | 2,305,957 | +0.9% | 5.6% | 3,050,195 |
| 5 | Bulgaria | 2,005,138 | −1.6% | 4.9% | 2,808,357 |
| 6 | Poland | 1,600,860 | −3.4% | 3.9% | 1,914,958 |
| 7 | United States | 1,132,887 | −6.3% | 2.8% | 1,584,725 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1,047,300 | −0.4% | 2.6% | 1,275,577 |
| 9 | Georgia | 1,017,997 | +2.1% | 2.5% | 1,327,884 |
| 10 | Romania | 902,193 | −6.6% | 2.2% | 1,174,607 |
| 11 | Ukraine | 867,935 | +6.0% | 2.1% | 1,026,603 |
| 12 | Iraq | 824,927 | +1.7% | 2.0% | 1,031,257 |
| 13 | France | 820,770 | −6.6% | 2.0% | 1,100,603 |
| 14 | Azerbaijan | 728,414 | +0.8% | 1.8% | 927,067 |
| 15 | Saudi Arabia | 695,407 | −7.5% | 1.7% | 921,726 |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 688,653 | +6.4% | 1.7% | 762,747 |
| 17 | Italy | 633,897 | +0.8% | 1.5% | 810,998 |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 565,285 | +11.7% | 1.4% | 649,719 |
| 19 | Belgium | 485,762 | −4.4% | 1.2% | 613,176 |
| 20 | Austria | 457,154 | −2.3% | 1.1% | 563,035 |
| 21 | China | 435,309 | +38.7% | 1.1% | 425,348 |
| 22 | Greece | 433,144 | −5.3% | 1.1% | 621,595 |
| 23 | Spain | 345,992 | +0.8% | 0.8% | 452,790 |
| 24 | Czechia | 343,586 | −4.8% | 0.8% | 403,517 |
| 25 | Sweden | 342,834 | +3.1% | 0.8% | 406,422 |
| 26 | Switzerland | 299,596 | −3.9% | 0.7% | 414,635 |
| 27 | Denmark | 262,807 | −5.1% | 0.6% | 336,097 |
| 28 | Algeria | 256,381 | +5.5% | 0.6% | 343,592 |
| 29 | Canada | 250,956 | +4.6% | 0.6% | 321,271 |
| 30 | Belarus | 250,333 | −5.0% | 0.6% | 323,441 |
| 31 | Moldova | 245,727 | −15.7% | 0.6% | 340,685 |
| 32 | Hungary | 242,156 | +10.0% | 0.6% | 267,017 |
| 33 | Northern Cyprus | 240,030 | +7.3% | 0.6% | 293,277 |
| 34 | Serbia | 235,181 | −7.2% | 0.6% | 318,512 |
| 35 | Slovakia | 223,470 | −10.5% | 0.5% | 267,778 |
| 36 | Lithuania | 211,097 | −9.5% | 0.5% | 306,952 |
| 37 | Jordan | 209,223 | −7.7% | 0.5% | 281,071 |
| 38 | Egypt | 197,527 | +24.5% | 0.5% | 220,911 |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 180,674 | −4.5% | 0.4% | 242,520 |
| 40 | Turkmenistan | 180,081 | +22.8% | 0.4% | 199,988 |
| 41 | Lebanon | 180,056 | −4.5% | 0.4% | 245,292 |
| 42 | Australia | 178,806 | +2.1% | 0.4% | 219,696 |
| 43 | Norway | 174,778 | −2.1% | 0.4% | 211,552 |
| 44 | Ireland | 170,940 | −5.8% | 0.4% | 220,021 |
| 45 | Morocco | 169,569 | −3.1% | 0.4% | 228,863 |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 161,540 | +7.0% | 0.4% | 199,280 |
| 47 | India | 159,374 | −17.7% | 0.4% | 250,751 |
| 48 | Kosovo | 158,145 | −1.9% | 0.4% | 209,671 |
| 49 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 140,901 | −6.7% | 0.3% | 187,015 |
| 50 | South Korea | 133,604 | −19.9% | 0.3% | 226,434 |
| 51 | Indonesia | 133,592 | −12.2% | 0.3% | 207,080 |
| 52 | Albania | 129,351 | +1.8% | 0.3% | 159,240 |
| 53 | Tunisia | 122,265 | +4.9% | 0.3% | 160,583 |
| 54 | Libya | 120,587 | −16.2% | 0.3% | 192,126 |
| 55 | Pakistan | 117,185 | +9.0% | 0.3% | 145,935 |
| 56 | Kuwait | 104,931 | −41.4% | 0.3% | 209,921 |
| 57 | Japan | 101,103 | −17.6% | 0.2% | 161,103 |
| 58 | Brazil | 99,761 | +7.6% | 0.2% | 119,501 |
| 59 | Latvia | 96,638 | −3.0% | 0.2% | 136,128 |
| 60 | Finland | 96,351 | −1.7% | 0.2% | 125,834 |
| 61 | Portugal | 95,354 | −2.6% | 0.2% | 122,992 |
| 62 | Philippines | 91,998 | −5.5% | 0.2% | 127,064 |
| 63 | Mexico | 85,832 | −19.8% | 0.2% | 139,411 |
| 64 | Estonia | 78,792 | −3.9% | 0.2% | 114,600 |
| 65 | Malaysia | 67,480 | −6.5% | 0.2% | 109,379 |
| 66 | Colombia | 65,047 | −1.3% | 0.2% | 89,098 |
| 67 | Croatia | 54,022 | −6.8% | 0.1% | 78,844 |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 50,080 | −30.2% | 0.1% | 101,460 |
| 69 | South Africa | 48,832 | −10.4% | 0.1% | 70,698 |
| 70 | Argentina | 46,324 | −20.9% | 0.1% | 73,456 |
| 71 | Slovenia | 41,457 | −5.5% | 0.1% | 57,047 |
| 72 | Qatar | 30,604 | −24.4% | 0.1% | 50,794 |
| 73 | New Zealand | 29,852 | −8.4% | 0.1% | 40,641 |
| 74 | Thailand | 28,736 | −22.5% | 0.1% | 50,708 |
| 75 | Bahrain | 27,927 | −30.2% | 0.1% | 53,445 |
| 76 | Armenia | 27,305 | +23.1% | 0.1% | 29,879 |
| 77 | Chile | 24,152 | −8.3% | 0.1% | 33,581 |
| 78 | Singapore | 22,225 | −5.3% | 0.1% | 40,197 |
| 79 | Montenegro | 21,865 | −4.0% | 0.1% | 32,248 |
| 80 | Yemen | 21,418 | −7.8% | 0.1% | 30,203 |
| 81 | Tajikistan | 19,513 | +12.0% | 0.0% | 22,560 |
| 82 | Bangladesh | 19,088 | −12.8% | 0.0% | 29,558 |
| 83 | Venezuela | 15,397 | −33.8% | 0.0% | 29,436 |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 14,872 | −7.2% | 0.0% | 19,309 |
| 85 | Sudan | 11,894 | +1.6% | 0.0% | 15,416 |
| 86 | Malta | 11,869 | −3.7% | 0.0% | 16,096 |
| 87 | Cyprus | 11,416 | −5.9% | 0.0% | 15,271 |
| 88 | Iceland | 4,542 | −11.0% | 0.0% | 7,292 |
| All named nationalities together | 40,045,924 | −1.7% | 97.8% | 51,666,569 | |
| Others: smaller countries and stateless persons | 892,574 | +5.9% | 2.2% | 1,108,486 | |
| All foreign visitors | 40,938,498 | −1.5% | 100.0% | 52,775,055 | |
Every nationality the Ministry names has its own row. The Ministry groups its smaller countries under “other countries” of a region and counts stateless persons separately; they are inside the total but have no row, so the rows add up to less than all foreign visitors. The “Others” row is that difference, worked out here.
Tourism revenue, quarter by quarter
Türkiye’s tourism revenue in US dollars. The data platform holds each quarter as an average per month; the totals here are that average times three. A newer quarter that the central bank’s data system does not carry yet is filled in from the Ministry’s monthly receipts and marked.
Quarters: TÜİK’s receipts as the central bank’s EVDS carries them TCMB data Newest quarter: the Ministry’s monthly receipts KTB data
1 January–March2 April–June3 July–September4 October–December
TÜİK via EVDSMinistry’s monthly receipts
| Quarter | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January–March | 9,896 | 9,494 | 8,948 | 8,451 |
| April–June | 15,871 (KTB data) | 16,284 | 15,019 | 13,440 |
| July–September | 25,526 (KTB data) | 24,301 | 23,349 | 22,502 |
| October–December | — | 15,152 | 13,788 | 12,047 |
| Whole year | — | 65,231 | 61,103 | 56,440 |
This quarter is filled in from the monthly receipts of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism (KTB data): its three months added up. TÜİK’s own figure for it has not reached the central bank’s EVDS yet and replaces this one when it does.
The newest quarter in the data is July–September 2026, filled in from the Ministry’s monthly receipts. Revenue is not divided by the visitor numbers: the two series do not cover the same people, so a figure per visitor would be misleading.
What the figures are, and what they are not
What is counted, what is compared with what, and where the data stops.
What is counted
Foreign visitors who entered Türkiye, by month and nationality, in persons. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı) counts them at the border and publishes them in its monthly bulletins; this page reads them through the Turkpidya data platform (KTB data).
Entries at the border
The figures count entries at the border, not departures and not nights spent. A person who enters twice in a month is counted twice. The Ministry marks its figures as provisional.
Same months, same length
This year is compared with last year over the same months only: January–September 2026 against January–September 2025. A part of a year is never set against a whole year.
Single months
Each month is the figure in the Ministry’s bulletin for that month. It was compared with the Ministry’s tables on 1 October 2026; the tables are linked under Sources. Later bulletins may revise a month, and then the newer figure is shown.
Which nationalities
Every nationality the Ministry names has its own row and can be picked. The Ministry groups its smaller countries under “other countries” of a region and counts stateless persons separately, so those have no row of their own. The named nationalities together were 98% of all foreign visitors in January–September 2026.
A typical year
The busiest and quietest months, and each month’s share, are averages of the complete years 2023–2025 in the data. They describe the past and are not a forecast.
Revenue
Revenue is TÜİK’s quarterly tourism receipts as the central bank’s EVDS carries them (TCMB data). EVDS holds each quarter as the average per month; the quarter totals here are that average times three, calculated here, in US dollars. When checked on 1 October 2026 they matched the totals TÜİK publishes. A newer quarter that EVDS does not carry yet is filled in from the Ministry’s monthly receipts (KTB data) and marked with an asterisk.
Questions about tourism in Türkiye
How many tourists visit Turkey?
January–September 2026: 40.9 million foreign visitors entered Türkiye, −1.5% against January–September 2025. The whole of 2025: 52.8 million.
Which countries do most visitors to Turkey come from?
Ranked by entries in January–September 2026, the nationalities with the most visitors are: Russia: 5,697,461; Germany: 5,169,132; United Kingdom: 3,195,321; Iran: 2,305,957; Bulgaria: 2,005,138; Poland: 1,600,860; United States: 1,132,887; Netherlands: 1,047,300; Georgia: 1,017,997; Romania: 902,193. The Ministry counts them at the border, so a person who enters twice is counted twice.
When is the busiest time for tourism in Turkey?
Over the complete years 2023–2025 the busiest months were July, August, September, together 39% of a year’s visitors. The quietest were January, February, March, together 13%.
When do visitors from the United Kingdom come to Turkey?
United Kingdom: most visitors come in July, August, September; the fewest in January, February, December. January–September 2026: 3,195,321 visitors, −9.8% against the same months of 2025.
Are there more or fewer tourists than last year?
January–September 2026: 40,938,498 foreign visitors against 41,568,597 in January–September 2025, a change of −1.5%. Among the larger nationalities, the largest rise is Uzbekistan (+11.7%). The largest fall among them: United Kingdom (−9.8%).
How much does Turkey earn from tourism?
July–September 2026: US$25.5 billion (calculated: the platform’s average per month times three). This quarter is filled in from the Ministry’s monthly receipts (KTB data), because TÜİK’s figure has not reached the central bank’s EVDS yet. That is +5.0% against the same quarter of 2025. The whole of 2025: US$65.2 billion.
How much does a tourist spend in Turkey?
This page shows no spend per visitor. Revenue and the visitor counts do not cover exactly the same people, so dividing one by the other would give a misleading figure. Revenue is shown in total, by quarter.
Where do these figures come from, and how up to date are they?
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı) counts foreign visitors at the border and publishes the entries by nationality in its monthly bulletins (KTB data); the data platform reads them from there. Revenue is TÜİK’s quarterly figure as the central bank’s EVDS carries it (TCMB data), with the newest quarter filled in from the Ministry’s monthly receipts until EVDS has it. The newest visitor month is September 2026; the data was checked on 10 November 2026.
Can I use these figures?
Yes. The CSV and JSON downloads under Sources are licensed CC BY 4.0: you may copy and reuse them, also commercially, if you credit Turkpidya (turkpidya.com).
Where the figures come from
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism (Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı)
Counts foreign visitors at the border and publishes the entries by nationality in its monthly bulletins (KTB data). The Ministry’s pages are in Turkish.
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism: tourism receipts
Monthly tourism receipts in thousand US dollars (KTB data). Used only for the newest quarter that the central bank’s EVDS does not carry yet.
- TÜİK (Turkish Statistical Institute)
Produces the quarterly tourism revenue statistics.
- TCMB EVDS (central bank data system)
The central bank’s data system. The data platform reads TÜİK’s revenue series from here (TCMB data).
Visitors by month
All foreign visitors who entered and every nationality in the data, persons per month, January 2023 to September 2026.
Cite this page
Turkpidya, “Turkey tourism statistics”, data as of 10 November 2026, turkpidya.com.
CC BY 4.0: you may copy and reuse these figures, also commercially, if you credit Turkpidya. CC BY 4.0 · turkpidya.com