Updated 1 October 2026

Turkey tourism statistics: who visits and when

January–August 2026: 34.8 million foreign visitors entered Türkiye, −1.8% 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

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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.

Ireland

Visitors, January–August 2026145,443
−6.8% against 156,055 in the same months of 2025
Calculated
Latest month, August 202625,660
−8.9% against 28,169 a year earlier
KTB data
Share of all visitors, January–August 20260.4%
0.4% in the same months of 2025
Calculated
Whole of 2025220,021
+12.3% against 2024
Calculated

Share of a typical year, by month Calculated

  1. 2.5%Jan
  2. 2.7%Feb
  3. 4.3%Mar
  4. 8.0%Apr
  5. 11.1%May
  6. 14.3%Jun
  7. 14.3%Jul
  8. 13.0%Aug
  9. 12.0%Sept
  10. 11.0%Oct
  11. 4.0%Nov
  12. 2.8%Dec

Busiest threeQuietest three

Busiest: June, July, August, together 42% of a year’s visitors.

Quietest: January, February, December, together 8% 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.

Ireland: visitors by month and year
Month2026202520242023Share of a typical year
Jan5,9545,4494,5124,5492.5%
Feb6,2566,1815,3044,3262.7%
Mar10,8398,0849,8006,7084.3%
Apr16,73517,49914,84513,5988.0%
May24,63525,02321,52617,73811.1%
Jun28,24435,89525,72021,84314.3%
Jul27,12029,75528,49224,26714.3%
Aug25,66028,16925,40521,73413.0%
Sept—25,34224,33419,73412.0%
Oct—23,78722,36917,47711.0%
Nov—8,3957,7626,9884.0%
Dec—6,4425,8304,2032.8%
Jan–Aug145,443156,055135,604114,763
Whole year—220,021195,899163,165

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.

All visitors

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

Visitors, January–August 202634,826,677
−1.8% against 35,481,223 in the same months of 2025
Calculated
Latest month, August 20266,963,065
0.0% against 6,965,343 a year earlier
KTB data
Peak month of a typical yearJuly
Share of the year’s visitors: 14.0%
Calculated
Whole of 202552,775,055
+0.3% against 2024
Calculated

Share of a typical year, by month Calculated

  1. 4.0%Jan
  2. 4.1%Feb
  3. 4.8%Mar
  4. 7.0%Apr
  5. 9.5%May
  6. 11.1%Jun
  7. 14.0%Jul
  8. 13.2%Aug
  9. 11.6%Sept
  10. 10.4%Oct
  11. 5.2%Nov
  12. 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.

All foreign visitors: visitors by month and year
Month2026202520242023Share of a typical year
Jan2,246,6392,171,1182,047,0272,005,9674.0%
Feb2,126,6982,171,9422,294,5791,870,4144.1%
Mar2,463,9202,346,4032,701,2442,335,7284.8%
Apr3,532,5053,900,5463,611,2443,321,8247.0%
May4,856,8625,037,4475,130,1194,500,2429.5%
Jun5,540,4245,772,3285,860,4465,584,02111.1%
Jul7,096,5647,116,0967,333,8127,148,04414.0%
Aug6,963,0656,965,3436,825,4036,660,70013.2%
Sept—6,087,3746,054,4315,786,02711.6%
Oct—5,683,7175,448,4594,987,11210.4%
Nov—2,804,7052,733,6632,525,3455.2%
Dec—2,718,0362,588,8562,483,7565.0%
Jan–Aug34,826,67735,481,22335,803,87433,426,940
Whole year—52,775,05552,629,28349,209,180

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.

Nationalities

Visitors by nationality, ranked

January–August 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

Nationalities in the data: visitors in January–August 2026, change and share
#CountryVisitors, January–August 2026Against 2025Share of all visitorsWhole of 2025
1Russia4,717,814+3.6%13.5%6,903,981
2Germany4,391,616−0.2%12.6%6,745,190
3United Kingdom2,714,652−9.6%7.8%4,270,036
4Iran1,911,827−1.7%5.5%3,050,195
5Bulgaria1,738,991−0.4%5.0%2,808,357
6Poland1,305,414−3.9%3.7%1,914,958
7United States959,130−6.6%2.8%1,584,725
8Netherlands932,119−0.3%2.7%1,275,577
9Georgia896,574+2.4%2.6%1,327,884
10Romania782,714−6.3%2.2%1,174,607
11France745,992−6.4%2.1%1,100,603
12Ukraine725,362+5.4%2.1%1,026,603
13Iraq691,4890.0%2.0%1,031,257
14Azerbaijan639,725+0.2%1.8%927,067
15Saudi Arabia612,038−11.0%1.8%921,726
16Kazakhstan603,619+5.2%1.7%762,747
17Italy541,293−1.4%1.6%810,998
18Uzbekistan496,495+11.7%1.4%649,719
19Belgium434,891−4.0%1.2%613,176
20Austria406,570−2.8%1.2%563,035
21Greece386,401−5.0%1.1%621,595
22China363,562+35.1%1.0%425,348
23Sweden304,898+3.7%0.9%406,422
24Spain299,314+0.1%0.9%452,790
25Czechia275,469−5.8%0.8%403,517
26Switzerland243,758−3.1%0.7%414,635
27Denmark223,562−4.8%0.6%336,097
28Northern Cyprus216,713+8.4%0.6%293,277
29Algeria214,895+3.1%0.6%343,592
30Canada209,176+2.9%0.6%321,271
31Moldova205,763−16.7%0.6%340,685
32Belarus204,825−4.9%0.6%323,441
33Serbia202,340−6.6%0.6%318,512
34Hungary201,481+10.7%0.6%267,017
35Slovakia187,488−11.0%0.5%267,778
36Jordan174,779−9.8%0.5%281,071
37Lithuania171,322−11.3%0.5%306,952
38Egypt165,957+24.1%0.5%220,911
39North Macedonia153,293−4.3%0.4%242,520
40Turkmenistan151,887+20.5%0.4%199,988
41Norway150,557−2.0%0.4%211,552
42Lebanon148,166−6.9%0.4%245,292
43Morocco146,334−4.4%0.4%228,863
44Ireland145,443−6.8%0.4%220,021
45Australia143,720−1.6%0.4%219,696
46Kyrgyzstan141,481+7.2%0.4%199,280
47India136,674−21.3%0.4%250,751
48Kosovo132,293−1.1%0.4%209,671
49Indonesia119,695−12.6%0.3%207,080
50Bosnia & Herzegovina119,186−7.0%0.3%187,015
51South Korea117,192−17.8%0.3%226,434
52Albania112,371+1.2%0.3%159,240
53Tunisia106,602+5.0%0.3%160,583
54Libya105,234−13.9%0.3%192,126
55Pakistan100,236+8.0%0.3%145,935
56Kuwait92,354−43.5%0.3%209,921
57Israel87,950+7.8%0.3%120,960
58Japan84,485−18.9%0.2%161,103
59Brazil82,850+5.4%0.2%119,501
60Portugal82,364−2.5%0.2%122,992
61Finland82,204−2.3%0.2%125,834
62Philippines81,673−4.2%0.2%127,064
63Latvia77,556−4.1%0.2%136,128
64Mexico71,159−22.6%0.2%139,411
65Estonia63,737−4.6%0.2%114,600
66Malaysia58,615−4.0%0.2%109,379
67Colombia55,465−0.5%0.2%89,098
68Croatia46,916−6.0%0.1%78,844
69United Arab Emirates45,833−32.1%0.1%101,460
70South Africa39,712−13.8%0.1%70,698
71Argentina38,209−20.0%0.1%73,456
72Slovenia35,512−5.4%0.1%57,047
73Qatar28,524−26.1%0.1%50,794
74Thailand25,317−22.7%0.1%50,708
75New Zealand24,385−6.3%0.1%40,641
76Bahrain23,832−34.6%0.1%53,445
77Armenia23,391+22.4%0.1%29,879
78Chile20,635−7.3%0.1%33,581
79Singapore19,344−5.9%0.1%40,197
80Montenegro18,921−5.3%0.1%32,248
81Yemen18,077−8.8%0.1%30,203
82Bangladesh16,732−11.5%0.0%29,558
83Tajikistan16,451+10.9%0.0%22,560
84Venezuela13,473−32.8%0.0%29,436
85Luxembourg12,463−8.8%0.0%19,309
86Cyprus10,116−7.4%0.0%15,271
87Sudan9,699−1.5%0.0%15,416
88Malta9,632−3.8%0.0%16,096
89Iceland3,814−4.1%0.0%7,292
All named nationalities together34,151,792−1.9%98.1%51,787,529
Others: smaller countries and stateless persons674,885+3.1%1.9%987,526
All foreign visitors34,826,677−1.8%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.

Revenue

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

Revenue, April–June 2026US$15.9 billion
−2.6% against the same quarter of 2025
Calculated
Revenue, whole of 2025US$65.2 billion
+6.8% against 2024
Calculated
Latest four quarters, July 2025–June 2026US$65.2 billion
+3.7% against the four quarters before
Calculated
Revenue by quarter, US$ billion Calculated

1 January–March2 April–June3 July–September4 October–December

TÜİK via EVDSMinistry’s monthly receipts

Tourism revenue by quarter and year, in million US dollars
Quarter2026202520242023
January–March9,8969,4948,9488,451
April–June15,865 (KTB data)16,28415,01913,440
July–September—24,30123,34922,502
October–December—15,15213,78812,047
Whole year—65,23161,10356,440

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 April–June 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.

How to read it

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–August 2026 against January–August 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–August 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

Questions about tourism in Türkiye

How many tourists visit Turkey?

January–August 2026: 34.8 million foreign visitors entered Türkiye, −1.8% against January–August 2025. The whole of 2025: 52.8 million.

Which countries do most visitors to Turkey come from?

Ranked by entries in January–August 2026, the nationalities with the most visitors are: Russia: 4,717,814; Germany: 4,391,616; United Kingdom: 2,714,652; Iran: 1,911,827; Bulgaria: 1,738,991; Poland: 1,305,414; United States: 959,130; Netherlands: 932,119; Georgia: 896,574; Romania: 782,714. 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–August 2026: 2,714,652 visitors, −9.6% against the same months of 2025.

Are there more or fewer tourists than last year?

January–August 2026: 34,826,677 foreign visitors against 35,481,223 in January–August 2025, a change of −1.8%. Among the larger nationalities, the largest rise is Uzbekistan (+11.7%). The largest fall among them: Saudi Arabia (−11.0%).

How much does Turkey earn from tourism?

April–June 2026: US$15.9 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 −2.6% 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 August 2026; the data was checked on 1 October 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).

Sources

Where the figures come from

Visitors by month

All foreign visitors who entered and every nationality in the data, persons per month, January 2023 to August 2026.

CSVJSON

Revenue by quarter

Tourism revenue per quarter in thousand US dollars: the average per month, the quarter total and where each quarter comes from.

CSVJSON

Cite this page

Turkpidya, “Turkey tourism statistics”, data as of 1 October 2026, turkpidya.com.

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