Russians top visitors to Turkey last year

By Muhammed Boztepe

ANKARA

Russia sent more visitors to Turkey last year than any other country, with some 4.7 million, according to an Anadolu Agency analysis of Interior Ministry statistics released Wednesday.

Germany followed with 3.5 million visitors in 2017, then Iran with 2.4 million, followed by Georgia, Bulgaria, Britain, Ukraine, Iraq, the Netherlands, and Azerbaijan.

The total number of visitors to Turkey rose overall for the year, from 24.6 million in 2016 to 32 million in 2017.

Russians top visitors to Turkey last year

Russians top visitors to Turkey last year

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