
Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy stated that Türkiye has risen 11 places in the World Economic Forum's 2026 Travel and Tourism Development Index since 2019 and recorded the second highest development in the world with the increase in points in its socioeconomic impact.
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Turkey has risen 11 places in the World Economic Forum's Travel and Tourism Development Index since 2019 and recorded the second highest improvement in the world with the increase in points in its socioeconomic impact.
Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy drew attention to Turkey's competitiveness in tourism and the progress it has made in the field of sustainability. "Turkish tourism is rising, our sustainable tourism program is setting an example for the world," said Ersoy, adding that Turkey has risen 11 places since 2019 in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2026 Travel and Tourism Development Index. Ersoy emphasized that Turkey's sustainable tourism approach was considered as an exemplary practice in the report and said: "We recorded the second highest improvement in the world with an increase of 8.3 percent in the field of socioeconomic impact of tourism."
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Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that Türkiye has risen 11 places since 2019 and reached the 36th place in the World Economic Forum 2026 Travel and Tourism Development Index and that its sustainable tourism program is an example to the world.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced that Türkiye has risen 11 places since 2019 to 36th place in the WEF 2026 Travel and Tourism Development Index and that its sustainable tourism program is an example to the world.