Tourists flocked to Türkiye this year. Which countries came the most?

Türkiye hosted 49 million 132 thousand visitors in the first nine months of 2026. More than 5 million visitors came from each of Russia and Germany, while the number of visitors from the United Kingdom exceeded 3 million.

In the same period, Türkiye reached the highest nine-month tourism income in its history with 51 billion 278 million dollars.

Türkiye continues to host millions of visitors from all over the world. In the first nine months of the year, the most intense interest in Turkey came from Russia, Germany and the United Kingdom.

The country that sent the most visitors to Turkey was the Russian Federation with 5.70 million people. The number of visitors from Russia increased by 171 thousand 840 people compared to the same period last year. Thus, Russia's share in foreign visitors to Turkey increased from 13.29 percent to 13.92 percent.

Germany followed Russia with 5.17 million visitors. The United Kingdom ranked third with 3.20 million visitors. Thus, the total number of visitors to Turkey from these three countries in the first nine months of the year reached 14.06 million.

Türkiye hosted 23 million 374 thousand visitors in July, August and September. In the third quarter of the year, tourism revenue increased by 5 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching 25 billion 526 million dollars.

In the January-September period, tourism revenue increased by 2.4 percent compared to the same period last year. During this period, the average stay of visitors was 10.34 nights. While the average nightly spending per person for all visitors increased by 4.6 percent to 107.7 dollars, this figure was recorded as 119.9 dollars for foreign visitors.