TURKEY: STATISTICS SHOW TOURISM BOOM
According to statistics released by the Turkish Statistical Institute, the travel and tourism industry is booming. This comes as a surprise in light of the many protests that have rocked the country in the recent past.
The tourism industry has reported income of $8.68 billion in the second quarter of 2013. In comparison to the second quarter of 2012, this is a 22.8% increase. 84.6% of this income was from foreign visitors while the rest was obtained from Turkish citizens living abroad.
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