Turkey committed to tourism targets: Minister
Published 06 Sep,2021 via Hürriyet Daily News - Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy on Sept. 4 reaffirmed the government’s annual target of 25 million foreign tourists.
“We are not doing badly. We are still committed to our target of 25 million tourists and $20 billion in revenues that we announced at the start of the season,” he said during a press conference at Istanbul’s Maiden Tower.
He also said that some 17 million tourists and Turks living abroad visited the country as of the end of August, up 1 million from the overall figure for 2020.
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