"Turkey earns 15.9 billion US dollars in tourism in 2004
www.chinaview.cn 2005-01-27 01:06:14
ANKARA, Jan. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- Turkey's tourism income in 2004 increased to 15.9 billion US dollars or 32.5 percent higher than the previous year, Turkish State Statistics Institute announced on Wednesday.
Foreign tourists brought 12.1 billion dollars revenue last year and the rest were contributed by domestic tourists.
Among a record 17.5 million foreigners visiting Turkey last year, Germany was the largest source of foreign tourists with 3.9 million, followed by Russia with 1.6 million and Britain with 1.3 million.
On the average, foreign tourists spent about 705 dollars per person during their stay in Turkey.
Last year, almost four million Turks traveled overseas and spent632 dollars per person.
Tourism was Turkey's leading source of foreign exchange with 13.2 billion dollars income in 2003. Enditem "
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